Big Open Skull

{{Short description|Sculpture in San Diego, California, U.S.}}

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| image = Big Open Skull sculpture by Jack Zajac, San Diego, 2016.jpg

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| caption = The sculpture in 2016

| artist = Jack Zajac

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| year = 1966–1973

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| type = Sculpture

| material = Bronze

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| city = San Diego, California, United States

| museum = San Diego Museum of Art

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Big Open Skull is an outdoor 1966–1973 bronze sculpture by Jack Zajac, installed outside the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.{{cite news |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/sdut-san-diego-museum-of-art-open-air-2016mar12-htmlstory.html |title=At SDMA, a move from the vault to the open air |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=2016-03-12 |accessdate=2016-09-16 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002229/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/sdut-san-diego-museum-of-art-open-air-2016mar12-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.balboaparkcommons.org/objectview/item/26042632/Art-of-The-Americas |title=Balboa Park Commons Objectview |website=Balboaparkcommons.org |date=1929-12-13 |accessdate=2016-09-16 |archive-date=2016-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916132936/http://www.balboaparkcommons.org/objectview/item/26042632/Art-of-The-Americas |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/sdma/status/707747935476391936 |title=SD Museum of Art on Twitter: "Jack Zajac's "Big Open Skull" (1966-1973) Bronze. #ArtoftheOpenAir #SDMA #BalboaPark " |publisher=Twitter |date=2016-03-09 |accessdate=2016-09-16 |archive-date=2022-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327181643/https://twitter.com/sdma/status/707747935476391936 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://sdjewishjournal.com/sdjj/natalie-jacobs/art-set-free-in-balboa-park/ |title=Art "Set Free" in Balboa Park |publisher=Sd Jewish Journal |date=2016-02-11 |accessdate=2016-09-16 |archive-date=2016-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924044909/http://sdjewishjournal.com/sdjj/natalie-jacobs/art-set-free-in-balboa-park/ |url-status=live }}

File:Big Open Skull by Jack Zajac, San Diego, 2016.jpg|Big Open Skull by Jack Zajac, San Diego, 2016