Overall view of fiberglass bird on concrete arch (15 ft. tall), covered in ivy, back
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Overall view of fiberglass bird on concrete arch (15 ft. tall), covered in ivy, back
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Creator:
Niki de Saint-Phalle (French sculptor, 1930-2002)
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Niki de Saint-Phalle (French sculptor, 1930-2002)
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Location:
repository: University of California, San Diego (San Diego, California, United States)
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repository: University of California, San Diego (San Diego, California, United States)
Location
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Location Note:
grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium
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grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium
Location Note
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GPS:
+32.878544-117.239744
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+32.878544-117.239744
GPS
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Date:
1983 (creation)
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1983 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
American
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American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
Twentieth century
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Twentieth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
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sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
sculpture
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sculpture
Classification
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Material:
painted fiberglass; concrete
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painted fiberglass; concrete
Material
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Technique:
casting (process); construction (assembling); painting and painting techniques
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casting (process); construction (assembling); painting and painting techniques
Technique
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Measurements:
29 ft (height, total)
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29 ft (height, total)
Measurements
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Description:
De Saint Phalle's Sun God was the first work commissioned by the Stuart Collection and was her first outdoor commission in America. The exuberantly colored, fourteen-foot fiberglass bird is placed atop a fifteen-foot concrete arch and sited on a grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium on the eastern periphery of the John Muir College campus (one of the residential colleges of the university). (Source: Niki Charitable Art Foundation; http://nikidesaintphalle.org/)
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De Saint Phalle's Sun God was the first work commissioned by the Stuart Collection and was her first outdoor commission in America. The exuberantly colored, fourteen-foot fiberglass bird is placed atop a fifteen-foot concrete arch and sited on a grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium on the eastern periphery of the John Muir College campus (one of the residential colleges of the university). (Source: Niki Charitable Art Foundation; http://nikidesaintphalle.org/)