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Title
Sun God: general view of sculpture and vine-covered arch
Creator
Saint-Phalle, Niki de (French sculptor, writer, and scenographer, 1930-2002)
Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)
Stuart Collection (San Diego, Calif.)
Contributor
Beebe, Mary Livingstone (American, born 1940)
Date Created and/or Issued
1983
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Stuart Collection Photographs
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)
Description
Sculpture and Installations
Architecture and City Planning
Garden and Landscape
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 bird is placed atop a fifteen-foot concrete arch and sited on a grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium. "There are frequent celebrations of various kinds, small and large, at the Sun God." - Mary Beebe, Stuart Collection Director
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Mandeville Center: University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California, United States
Type
image
Format
Mixed media; concrete; fiberglass; gilding; gold leaf; acrylic paint; 14 feet (height)
Form/Genre
caricatures
architecture (object genre)
site-specific works
sculpture (visual work)
public art
installations (visual works)
landscape architecture
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb3824139f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Birds
American
Crowns (headdresses)
Colossi
Gilding
Contemporary
Vines
Color
Arches
Deities
Women artists
Humor
University of California, San Diego--History
Caricatures
Architecture (object genre)
Site-specific works
Sculpture (visual work)
Public art
Installations (visual works)
Landscape architecture

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