Sculpture with a D

{{Infobox artwork

| image_file = Sculpture with a D, February 2013.JPG

| image_size = 250px

| title = Sculpture with a "D"

| alt = painted aluminum wall panels

| artist = Sam Gilliam

| year = {{Start date|1983}}

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| width_metric =

| height_imperial = 15 ft. 7 in.

| width_imperial = 44 ft. 10 in

| imperial_unit = ft

| metric_unit = m

| city = Somerville, Massachusetts

| museum = Davis station

| coordinates={{coord|42.397|-71.123|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 13

| owner = Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

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Sculpture with a "D" is an abstract sculpture by Sam Gilliam, designed in 1980 and installed in 1983. It is located at Davis (MBTA station), Somerville, Massachusetts.[http://www.davissquaretilesproject.com/artsontheline/pamphlet/10-11 Red Line Northwest Extension Pamphlet pages 10-11 | The Davis Square Tiles Project] Painted aluminum shapes connect to one another and to a supporting grid, forming a composite 44 feet long that hangs above the platform.[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!294611~!0#focus Sculpture with a "D", (sculpture)], Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog{{Cite web |date=2018-07-31 |title=The Public Artworks of Rockne Krebs and Sam Gilliam, Built and Unbuilt {{!}} Jefferson Place Gallery |url=http://jeffersonplacegallery.com/public-artworks-krebs-gilliam-exhibition/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |language=en-US}} These were described by a critic as "a burst of painted abstract shapes",{{Cite news |date=1985-05-05 |title=UNDERGROUND ART IN BOSTON AREA SUBWAY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/arts/underground-art-in-boston-area-subway.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and include elements evoking letters which spell out the name of the station.

The work was commissioned as one of the first twenty works of the Arts on the Line program.{{Cite web |last=Gerber |first=Dana |date=November 18, 2021 |title=A commuter's guide to art underground |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/18/arts/commuters-guide-art-underground/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=BostonGlobe.com |publisher=Boston Globe |language=en-US}}