Sculpture garden located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, consisting of 25 works
General Information
Take Walker St to Walker-McKinney. Take Milam St to Richmond Ave. Take Montrose Blvd to Bissonnet St.
Overview
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden sits just outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, giving visitors an open-air setting, designed by artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, to wander among roughly 25 works from the museum's collection. Pieces by Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, David Smith, Frank Stella, Auguste Rodin, and Louise Bourgeois sit alongside site-specific commissions such as Ellsworth Kelly's Houston Triptych and Tony Cragg's New Forms, plus works by Texas artists Joseph Havel, Jim Love, and Linda Ridgway. It's a quick, worthwhile stop for art lovers exploring Houston's Museum District.
Featured Works
- Adam (1889) — Antoine Bourdelle
- Quarantania I — Louise Bourgeois
- The Crab (1962) — Alexander Calder
- Argentine (1968) — Anthony Caro
- Conversation with the Wind (1962) — Pietro Consagra
- New Forms — Tony Cragg
- The Large Horse (1914) — Raymond Duchamp-Villon
- Concetto Spaziale, Natura, no. 18 and Concetto Spaziale, Natura, no. 28 — Lucio Fontana
- Large Standing Woman I — Alberto Giacometti
- Untitled (1989) — DeWitt Godfrey
- Exhaling Pearls (1993) — Joseph Havel
- Arch Falls (1981) — Bryan Hunt
- Big Twist (1978) — Bryan Hunt
- Houston Triptych (1986) — Ellsworth Kelly
- Can Johnny Come Out and Play? — Jim Love
- Flora, Nude — Aristide Maillol
- The Pilgrim — Marino Marini
- The Back Series (Back I, Back II, Back III, Back IV) — Henri Matisse
- Bird — Joan Miró
- The Sound of Night — Mimmo Paladino
- The Dance (2000) — Linda Ridgway
- Cybele — Auguste Rodin
- The Spirit of Eternal Repose (1898-1899) — Auguste Rodin
- The Walking Man — Auguste Rodin
- Untitled (1990) — Joel Shapiro
- Two Circle Sentinel (1961) — David Smith
- Decanter (1987) — Frank Stella
- Gymnast II (1985) — William Tucker
- Recuerdo de Machu Picchu 3 (Las terrazas) (1984) — Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar
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