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The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Houston, Texas, United States. Designed by artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, the garden consists of 25 works of the MFAH, including sculptures by Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, David Smith, Frank Stella, and Louise Bourgeois. There are also sculptures created specifically for the site, including Ellsworth Kelly's Houston Triptych and Tony Cragg's New Forms. The garden also features works by local Texas artists, including Joseph Havel's Exhaling Pearls, Jim Love's Can Johnny Come Out and Play?, and Linda Ridgway's The Dance.{{cite web|title=Visit the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden|url=http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/3153/Visit_The_Lillie_and_Hugh_Roy_Cullen_Sculpture_Garden|publisher=Artshound|accessdate=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629112526/http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/3153/Visit_The_Lillie_and_Hugh_Roy_Cullen_Sculpture_Garden|archive-date=29 June 2011|url-status=dead}}

History

In 1969, The Brown Foundation, Inc provided the funds to purchase two city blocks making it feasible for the MFAH to construct a formal sculpture garden. The garden was designed by New York-based artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi.{{cite web|title=A Sculpture for Sculpture |url=http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/sculpture.asp |work=The Cullen Sculpture Garden Website |publisher=The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |accessdate=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326193831/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/sculpture.asp |archivedate=26 March 2012 }} In 1978, Houston City Council motion number 78-986 declared the museum to be named The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in recognition of Hugh Roy Cullen and Lillie Cullen's contributions to the city's art and medical communities. Construction of the garden began on February 6, 1984, and the garden officially opened to the public on April 5, 1986.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Works

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  • Antoine Bourdelle, Adam (1889){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=2 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219005945/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=2 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Louise Bourgeois, Quarantania I{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=3&aid=1 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Alexander Calder, The Crab (1962){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=2 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010146/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=2 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Anthony Caro, Argentine (1968){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=3 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010159/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=3 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Pietro Consagra, Conversation with the Wind (1962)
  • Tony Cragg, New Forms{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=5 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Raymond Duchamp-Villon, The Large Horse (1914)
  • Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Natura, no. 18 and Concetto Spaziale, Natura, no. 28{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=3&aid=4 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010114/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=3&aid=4 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Alberto Giacometti, Large Standing Woman I{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=3&aid=2 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • DeWitt Godfrey, Untitled (1989){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=6 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010235/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=6 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Joseph Havel, Exhaling Pearls (1993){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=7 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Bryan Hunt, Arch Falls (1981){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=2 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Bryan Hunt, Big Twist (1978)
  • Ellsworth Kelly, Houston Triptych (1986){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=4 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Jim Love, Can Johnny Come Out and Play?{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=4 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210214248/https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=4 |archivedate=2015-12-10 }}
  • Aristide Maillol, Flora, Nude{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=4 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Marino Marini, The Pilgrim{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=5 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010020/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=5 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Henri Matisse, The Back Series (Back I, Back II, Back III, Back IV){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=3 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219005954/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=3 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Joan Miró, Bird{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=3&aid=3 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010103/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=3&aid=3 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Mimmo Paladino, The Sound of Night{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=3&aid=5 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Linda Ridgway, The Dance (2000){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=6 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Auguste Rodin, Cybele
  • Auguste Rodin, The Spirit of Eternal Repose (1898–1899)
  • Auguste Rodin, The Walking Man{{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=1 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219005931/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=1&aid=1 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • Joel Shapiro, Untitled (1990){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=3 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |accessdate=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010308/http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=4&aid=3 |archivedate=2015-12-19 }}
  • David Smith, Two Circle Sentinel (1961){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=1 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • Frank Stella, Decanter (1987){{cite web|url=https://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/artworks.asp?pid=2&aid=5 |title=The Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |publisher=Prv.mfah.org |date= |accessdate=2015-10-20}}
  • William Tucker, Gymnast II (1985)
  • Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, Recuerdo de Machu Picchu 3 (Las terrazas) (1984)

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References

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