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.)
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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
caricatures architecture (object genre) site-specific works sculpture (visual work) public art installations (visual works) landscape architecture
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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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