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Sculpture and Installations Garden and Landscape Architecture and City Planning 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
public art sculpture (visual work) landscape architecture site-specific works caricatures installations (visual works) architecture (object genre)
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Southwest, New Gods Women artists Contemporary Birds American University of California, San Diego--History Public art Sculpture (visual work) Landscape architecture Site-specific works Caricatures Installations (visual works) Architecture (object genre)
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