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Stainless Steel sculpure "Kiepenkerl" by Jeff Koons, part of Hirshhorn Sculpture Gallery

Nov 2008, Photo 81

Bronze sculpure "Nymph" by Aristide Maillol, part of Hirshhorn Sculpture Gallery

Nov 2008, Photo 83

Bronze sculpure "The Burghers of Calais" by Auguste Rodin, part of Hirshhorn Sculpture Gallery

The town of Calais had contemplated a historical monument for decades when Rodin learned of the project. It would commemorate the six townspeople of Calais who offered their lives to save their fellow citizens. During the Hundred Years' War, the army of King Edward III besieged Calais, and Edward ordered that the town's population be killed en masse. He agreed to spare them if six of the principal citizens would come to him prepared to die, bareheaded and barefooted and with ropes around their necks. When they came, he ordered that they be executed, but pardoned them when his queen, Philippa of Hainault, begged him to spare their lives. The Burghers of Calais depicts the men as they are leaving for the king's camp, carrying keys to the town's gates and citadel.

Rodin began the project in 1884, inspired by the chronicles of the siege by Jean Froissart. Hw conceived the sculpture as a study in the varied and complex emotions under which all six men were laboring. In 1889, The Burghers of Calais was first displayed to general acclaim. It is a bronze sculpture weighing two tons, and its figures are 2 metres tall. The six men portrayed do not display a united, heroic front; rather, each is isolated from his brothers, individually deliberating and struggling with his expected fate. At ground level, the figures' positions lead the viewer around the work, and subtly suggest their common movement forward.

Nov 2008, Photo 87

Many more photos of Rodin's sculptures, at this museum and others,
are located here.

Lunar Bird by Joan Miró

Bronze, 1945, enlarged 1966, cast 1967

Nov 2008, Photo 98

Bronze sculpure "Eros, Inside Eros" by Arman, part of Hirshhorn Sculpture Gallery

Nov 2008, Photo 101

Henry Moore

Henry Spencer Moore (1898–1986) was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.

His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces. Many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his birthplace, Yorkshire.

King and Queen, Henry Moore

Bronze, 1952-53

Nov 2016, Photo 378

King and Queen, Henry Moore

Bronze, 1952-53

Nov 2016, Photo 379

Working Model for "Three-Way Piece No. 3: Vertebrai", Henry Moore

Bronze, 1968, cast 1969

Nov 2016, Photo 402

Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop, Henry Moore

Bronze, 1963, cast 1964

Nov 2016, Photo 418

Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop, Henry Moore

Bronze, 1963, cast 1964

Nov 2016, Photo 419

Draped Reclining Figure, Henry Moore

Bronze, 1952-53, cast 1956

Nov 2016, Photo 421

Seated Woman, Henry Moore

Bronze, 1956-57, cast 1962

Nov 2016, Photo 423

The Great Warrior of Montauban by Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

Bronze, 1898-1900, cast 1956

Nov 2016, Photo 372

The Great Warrior of Montauban by Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

Bronze, 1898-1900, cast 1956

Nov 2016, Photo 374

Self-Portrait with Model at Bergamo by Giacomo Manzú

Bronze, 1942

Nov 2016, Photo 376

Self-Portrait with Model at Bergamo by Giacomo Manzú

Bronze, 1942

Nov 2016, Photo 377

Young Girl on a Chair by Giacomo Manzú

Bronze, 1955

Nov 2016, Photo 397

Young Girl on a Chair by Giacomo Manzú

Bronze, 1955

Nov 2016, Photo 398

Seated Yucatán Woman by Francisco Zúñiga

Bronze, 1973

Nov 2016, Photo 388

Seated Yucatán Woman by Francisco Zúñiga

Bronze, 1973

Nov 2016, Photo 389

Clamdigger by Willem de Kooning

Bronze, 1972, cast 1976

Nov 2016, Photo 394

Clamdigger by Willem de Kooning

Bronze, 1972, cast 1976

Nov 2016, Photo 395

Horse and Rider by Marino Marini

Bronze, 1952-53

Nov 2016, Photo 400

Lunar Bird by Joan Miró

Bronze, 1945, enlarged 1966, cast 1967

Nov 2016, Photo 403

Lunar Bird by Joan Miró

Bronze, 1945, enlarged 1966, cast 1967

Nov 2016, Photo 404

Eros, Inside Eros by Arman

Bronze, 1986

Nov 2016, Photo 407

Sphere No. 6 by Arnaldo Pomodoro

The inner ball represents the Earth and outer ball represents Christianity. Versions of the sculpture can be seen in the Vatican Museums in Rome, Trinity College Dublin, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C., Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, and the University of California, Berkeley."

Bronze, 1963-65

Nov 2016, Photo 409