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* '' African Elephant'' (1982) * Alexander Hodge Memorial * '' Atropos Key'' (1972),
Miller Outdoor Theatre Miller Outdoor Theatre is an outdoor theater for the performing arts in Houston, Texas. It is located on approximately of land in Hermann Park, at 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, Texas 77030. The theater offers a wide range of professional e ...
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Beer Can House The Beer Can House is a folk art house in Rice Military, Houston, Texas,Feser, Katherine.Rice Military an eclectic 'urban center'" ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday January 21, 2003. Business 6. Retrieved on October 21, 2012. covered with beer cans ...
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Broken Obelisk ''Broken Obelisk'' is a sculpture designed by Barnett Newman between 1963 and 1967. Fabricated from three tons of Cor-Ten steel, which acquires a rust-colored patina, it is the largest and best known of his six sculptures. Four multiples of ...
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Rothko Chapel The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, founded by John and Dominique de Menil. The interior serves not only as a chapel, but also as a major work of modern art: on its walls are fourteen paintings by Mark Rothko in v ...
* '' Brownie'' (1905),
Houston Zoo The Houston Zoo is a zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The zoo houses over 6,000 animals from more than 600 species. It receives 2.1 million visitors each year and is the second most visited zoo i ...
* '' Bygones'' (1976),
Menil Collection The Menil Collection, located in Houston, Texas, refers either to a museum that houses the art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil, or to the collection itself of approximately 17,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawing ...
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Cancer, There Is Hope ''Cancer, There Is Hope'' is a bronze sculpture by Victor Salmones, formerly installed in Houston, Texas, United States. It was cast in 1990, shortly after the artist's death, and was dedicated on May 16, 1993. The sculpture was presented to the C ...
'' (1990) * Charlotte Allen Fountain * ''Charmstone'' (sculpture), Menil Collection * '' Cloud Column'' (2006), Glassell School of Art * George H. W. Bush Monument * ''
Inversion Inversion or inversions may refer to: Arts * , a French gay magazine (1924/1925) * ''Inversion'' (artwork), a 2005 temporary sculpture in Houston, Texas * Inversion (music), a term with various meanings in music theory and musical set theory * ...
'' * '' Isolated Mass/Circumflex (Number 2)'' * '' Lillian Schnitzer Fountain'' (1875), Hermann Park * ''
Monument au Fantôme ''Monument au Fantôme'' (English: ''Monument to the Phantom'') is an outdoor sculpture by French sculptor Jean Dubuffet, installed on Avenida de las Americas at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas, United States. The painted fiberglass and steel fr ...
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Discovery Green Discovery Green is an public urban park in Downtown Houston, Texas, bounded by La Branch Street to the west, McKinney Street to the north, Avenida de las Americas to the east, and Lamar Street to the south. The park is adjacent to the George R. ...
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Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...
'' * '' The Orange Show'' * '' Pioneer Memorial'' (1936), Hermann Park * '' Points of View'' (1991), Market Square Park * ''
Radiant Fountains ''Radiant Fountains'' is a 2010 sculpture by Dennis Oppenheim, installed outside Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in the U.S. state of Texas. Description and history Installed along JFK Boulevard, the work was commissioned by the H ...
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Scanlan Fountain Scanlan Fountain is an 1891 cast iron fountain, installed in Houston's Sam Houston Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. The fountain was installed in the park in 1972. It was cast by J. L. Mott Iron Works 1880 and held by a private individual befor ...
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Sam Houston Monument The Sam Houston Monument is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Sam Houston by Enrico Cerracchio, installed at the northwest corner of Houston's Hermann Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. The work is administered by the City of Houston's Municipal A ...
, Hermann Park * '' Spirit of the Confederacy'', Sam Houston Park * Statue of Christopher Columbus (1992),
Bell Park Bell Park is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located 3 km north-west of the Geelong city centre and is bordered to the north by Cowies Creek, to the east by Thompson Road, to the south by the Midland Highway an ...
* Statue of George H. Hermann * Statue of Richard W. Dowling (1905),
Hermann Park Hermann Park is a urban park in Houston, Texas, situated at the southern end of the Museum District. The park is located immediately north of the Texas Medical Center and Brays Bayou, east of Rice University, and slightly west of the Third ...
* '' Tolerance'' * ''Virtuoso'', Downtown Houston * World War I Monument *
World War II Memorial The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The memorial consists ...


Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden

The following works have been displayed at the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden: * ''
Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
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Arch Falls ''Arch Falls'' is an outdoor 1981 bronze sculpture by American artist Bryan Hunt, installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of Texas. The sculpture rests on a limestone base. It ...
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Big Twist ''Big Twist'' is an outdoor 1978 bronze sculpture by American artist Bryan Hunt, installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of Texas. See also * 1978 in art * List of public ...
'' * '' Conversation with the Wind'' * '' The Crab'' * ''
Cybele Cybele ( ; Phrygian: ''Matar Kubileya/Kubeleya'' "Kubileya/Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Lydian ''Kuvava''; el, Κυβέλη ''Kybele'', ''Kybebe'', ''Kybelis'') is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forer ...
'' * '' The Dance'' * ''
Decanter A decanter is a vessel that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid (such as wine) which may contain sediment. Decanters, which have a varied shape and design, have been traditionally made from glass or crystal. Their volume is usually equ ...
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Flora, Nude ''Flora, Nude'' (french: La Flore, nue) is a sculpture by French artist Aristide Maillol. Copies File:Aristide maillol, flora, nuda, 1910-11.jpg, Detroit Institute of Arts, bronze Houston A 1910 bronze sculpture is installed at the Museum of F ...
'' * '' Gymnast II'' * ''
Houston Triptych ''Houston Triptych'' is an outdoor 1986 bronze sculpture by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was commissioned by the museum ...
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The Large Horse ''The Large Horse'' (French: ''Le Grand cheval'') is a 1914-31 bronze sculpture by French artist Raymond Duchamp-Villon, installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's (MFAH) Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in Houston, Texas, in the ...
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Large Standing Woman I ''Large Standing Woman I'' (french: Grande femme debout I) is a bronze sculpture created by Alberto Giacometti in 1960. The outdoor sculpture is installed in the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, loc ...
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New Forms ''New Forms'' is the debut studio album by British drum and bass group Roni Size & Reprazent. It was originally released on 23 June 1997 through Talkin' Loud, and later re-released by Mercury Records and Universal Music Group. The album was re ...
'' * '' The Pilgrim'' * '' Quarantania I'' * '' Recuerdo de Machu Picchu 3 (Las terrazas)'' * '' The Sound of Night'' * ''
The Spirit of Eternal Repose ''The Spirit of Eternal Repose'' (french: Le génie du repos éternel) is a 1898–1899 sculpture of a sprite by French artist Auguste Rodin. Houston The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden has a bronze scu ...
'' * '' Two Circle Sentinel'' * ''
The Walking Man ''The Walking Man'' (french: L'homme qui marche) is a bronze sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. This sculpture was made in 1907. The best example of Rodin’s ‘sketchy’ impressionist sculpture also happens to be his most wel ...
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McGovern Centennial Gardens

The following works are installed at
McGovern Centennial Gardens McGovern Centennial Gardens is a collection of gardens in Hermann Park, in Houston, Texas, United States. Description and history "Previewed" in October 2014 and officially opened in December 2014, the park cost $31 million and took approximately ...
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Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Liberalism in Mexico, Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec peoples, Zapo ...
'' * Bust of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca * Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins *
Bust of José Martí An outdoor bust of José Martí by Cuban artist Tony Lopez is installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States. The bust was acquired by the City of Houston in 1981. See also * List of public art in Houston ...
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Bust of José Rizal ''Dr. José P. Rizal'' is an outdoor sculpture of the Filipino nationalist of the same name by Lorena Toritch, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The bust was acquired by the City of ...
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Bust of Ramón Castilla ''Ramón Castilla'', also known as Field Marshal Ramón Castilla or Ramón Castilla y Marquesado, is an outdoor bronze sculpture of the Peruvian caudillo and President of the same name by an unknown artist, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Ce ...
* Bust of Robert Burns * Bust of Vicente Rocafuerte * ''
Dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizo ...
'' (1971) * Statue of Confucius (2009) * Statue of José de San Martín * Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (2004) * Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. * Statue of Simón Bolívar {{Public art in the United States
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