The Hirshorn Museum is a modern art museum on the national Mall. It has a wonderful sculpture garden that I wander through just about every time I am in the city.
A wonderful thing about the museums and gardens on the National Mall is that they are all free!
Street level
On the street level there is some great art by Mark di Suvero, Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
The most prominent piece is by Mark di Suvero. It is made out of steel, paint, and wire and is 480 × 480 × 360 in. (1219.2 × 1219.2 × 914.4 cm) and weighs a staggering 18725 lb. (8493.6 kg)
There are two Henry Moore sculptures on the street level. Henry Moore is one of my favorite artists and this garden has a lot of Moore. That is probably why I go so often!
Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points, 1969-1970
Upright Motive No. 1 Gelnkiln Cross, 1955
Figure for Landscape
The great thing about this sculptures is that you can see them from the road.
Barbara Hepworth
Figure for Landscape, 1960
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Draw the Curtain
From the street level and from all over the mall you can see the piece that is draped over the Hirshhorn itself.
Nicolas Party
Draw the Curtain, 2021
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
Level one
There are a few pieces that are on the level right off the stairs.
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Jacques Lipchitz
Figure, 1926-1930
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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| Post-Balzac, 1991 | We Come In Peace, 2018 |
One of my favorite things about Henry Moore is that his pieces change so much depending on were you are standing to look at it.
Three-Way Piece No 3: Vertebrae
Henry Moore
Three-Way Piece No 3: Vertebrae (Working Model), 1968
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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Lowest Level
The garden goes down another level.
There are three Henry Moore pieces on this level- King and Queen, Seated Woman and Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2, Bridge Prop.
King and Queen
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Henry Moore
King and Queen, 1952-1953
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Seated Woman
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Henry Moore
Seated Woman, 1956-1957
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2, Bridge Prop
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Wishing Tree for Washington, DC
This is a cool interactive piece were people write out their wishes and attach them to the tree.
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Yoko Ono
Wish Tree for Washington, DC, 2007
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Close to the Wishing Tree are a some Rodin's. I really like Rodin's emotion in bronze.
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| The Walking Man | Crouching Woman | Monument to Balzac |
The Burghers of Calais his masterpiece
Eros, Inside Eros
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| The Drummer | Double Candle | Subcommittee |
Evocation of a From: Human, Lunar, Spectral
Jean Arp
Evocation of a From: Human, Lunar, Spectral, 1950
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
There are so many beautiful sculptures that you could spend hours in this garden. I have and I return again and again.
Here is my post of the Hirshhorn Museum from the same trip.
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