Gwendolyn
Saint-Phalle, Niki de
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Alternative Title
Nana Gwendolyn 2
Date
1966-1990Description
Detail, painted surface; Gwendolan is one of the "Nanas" series of monumental female forms, begun in the 1960s; it was originally one of a series installed along the Leibnizufer in Hannover (1974). It is now installed in front of the Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland. (There are multiple editions). The San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the Port’s Public Art Committee has a program to both purchase and exhibit public art; this was part of that program.
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
abstraction, contemporary (1960 to present), cycles or series, human figure, public art, Twentieth century
Rights
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only