''La Chiffonnière'' ("Rag Woman") is a stainless steel sculpture by French artist
Jean Dubuffet
Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French Painting, painter and sculpture, sculptor. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what ...
, installed in
Justin Herman Plaza
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, in
San Francisco
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's
Financial District, in the
U.S. state of
California
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. The tall, 4,500 pound artwork was conceived in 1972 and completed in 1978. It was displayed in Manhattan's
Doris C. Freedman Plaza from March 20 to December 12, 1979.
See also
*
1978 in art
Events from the year 1978 in art.
Events
* 27 June – ''Stitching the Standard'' by Edmund Leighton is sold at Sotheby's in Belgravia to a private collector.
Awards
* Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley – ''Art, Life and the other thing''
* John ...
References
1978 sculptures
Outdoor sculptures in San Francisco
Stainless steel sculptures in the United States
Steel sculptures in California
Works by French people
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