Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Museum Row

  • Restaurant Row – Maori Column

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant Courtyard Westin Hotel Museum Row This piece is titled Maori Column and is by Alan Shepp.  It was done in 1985. Shepp, along with his artist wife, lives in Napa California.  He has a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and an MFA from the University of Washington. He…

  • Isamu Noguchi on Museum Row

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant Walkway Museum Row  Fat Dancer  Rain Mountain Figure Emerging These three figures are by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi ranks up there as one of my all time favorite sculptors, but I must admit, this is not my favorite medium for him. (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) Isamu Noguchi was…

  • Museum Row – Stream of Vessels

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant Walkway Museum Row   These are in the walkway between Ducca Restaurant and the Contemporary Jewish Museum.  They are titled Stream of Vessels, done in 1997 by David Nash of charred oak. David Nash  is a British sculptor based in Blaenau Ffestiniog.  He is known for works in wood and shaping living…

  • Museum Row – Les Funambules

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant walkway Museum Row Attached to the Westin Hotel is Ducca Restaurant.  They have an open walkway between 3rd street and the Jewish Museum.  In that walkway is seating and dining.  Throughout that area is art. This piece is “Les Funambules” by Charles Ginnever, done in Bronze in 1991. Ginnever is an…