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''Monumental Head'' () is a 1960 bronze sculpture by
Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti (, , ; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and ...
, installed at the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was des ...
in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The abstract work measures 37 x 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches and depicts a roughly modeled head with an extended neck.


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1960 in art Events from the year 1960 in art. Events * August 10 – The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art opens at Inverleith House in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. * December – The Huysman Gallery is founded in Los Angeles. * Launch of Nouv ...
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List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2 This is a list of public art in Ward 2 of Washington, D.C.. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum. Most of the works mentioned ...


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1960 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1960 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. Sculptures by Alberto Giacometti Sculptures of the Smithsonian Institution {{US-sculpture-stub