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Sculpture

Sculpture

Sculpture & Objects

A three-dimensional work of art made by a variety of means, including carving wood, chiseling stone, casting or welding metal, molding clay or wax, or assembling materials.

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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Umberto Boccioni

1913 (cast 1931 or 1934)

The Cock

The Cock

Constantin Brâncuși

Paris 1924

The Impossible, III

The Impossible, III

Maria Martins

1946

Eight Squares

Eight Squares

Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)

1961

Violet Obsession

Violet Obsession

Yayoi Kusama

1994

First Requiem

First Requiem

Anne Truitt

1977

Untitled (Night Train)

Untitled (Night Train)

David Hammons

1989

Group of Figures

Group of Figures

Katharina Fritsch

2006-08 (fabricated 2010-11)

The Albino

The Albino

Barbara Chase-Riboud

1972 (reinstalled in 1994 by the artist as All That Rises Must Converge/Black)

Leaning

Leaning

Maren Hassinger

1980

Equal

Equal

Richard Serra

2015

Rose II

Rose II

Isa Genzken

2007

Vase

Vase

Hans Coper

c. 1960

Folding Propeller

David Walter Beck

1963

Bowl

Bowl

James Prestini

c. 1951

Bowl

Bowl

James Prestini

1949

Kunsthalle project, Dresden, Germany

Kunsthalle project, Dresden, Germany

Frank Stella

1992

Floating Compression Column,

Kenneth Snelson

1959

Vulcania, St. Ours-les-Roches, Auvergne, France (Scale model, 1:1000)

Vulcania, St. Ours-les-Roches, Auvergne, France (Scale mo...

Hans Hollein

1994-2002

Vase

Vase

Hans Coper

c. 1960

Chair-Pedestal-Picture Rack

Chair-Pedestal-Picture Rack

Frederick Kiesler

c. 1942

Vase

Vase

Hans Coper

c. 1963

Lyons Airport Railroad Station, Lyons-Satolas, France

Lyons Airport Railroad Station, Lyons-Satolas, France

Santiago Calatrava

1989-94

Storage Boxes with Lids

Gene Hurwitt

1966

Storage Boxes with Lids

Storage Boxes with Lids

Gene Hurwitt

1966

Bowl

Bowl

Ronald Hayes Pearson

c. 1950-51

Underground Building, project (Isometric)

Underground Building, project (Isometric)

Walter Pichler

1963

Signal Box auf dem Wolf, Basel, Switzerland (Scale model, 1:33)

Signal Box auf dem Wolf, Basel, Switzerland (Scale model,...

Jacques Herzog

1988-95

Nike Tower project, Linz, Austria (Scale model, 1:66
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Nike Tower project, Linz, Austria (Scale model, 1:66 )

Laurids Ortner

1991

Oxnard House project, Oxnard, California (Scale model, 1/2" = 1')

Oxnard House project, Oxnard, California (Scale model, 1/...

Mehrdad Yazdani

1992

Armchair

Armchair

Peter Danko

1976

Row House with Interior Court project (Interior perspective)

Row House with Interior Court project (Interior perspective)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

after 1938

GOM Ashtray

GOM Ashtray

Masayuki Kurokawa

1973

T-House, Wilton, New York (Scale model)

T-House, Wilton, New York (Scale model)

Simon Ungers

1988–1995

Cubo Ashtrays

Cubo Ashtrays

Bruno Munari

1957

Museum for a Small City project (Interior perspective)

Museum for a Small City project (Interior perspective)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1941-43

Place de la Concorde Project, Paris, France, Elevation

Place de la Concorde Project, Paris, France, Elevation

Frederick Kiesler

1925

Study for Tea Pot, project (Perspective)

Study for Tea Pot, project (Perspective)

Ettore Sottsass

1973