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Louisiana Museum

Relaxing in the gardens of Louisiana Museum
Big Thumb (1968)
Alberto Giacometti
1 6
Collection
This striking, 2-m- (6-ft-) tall
bronze thumb is modelled after the The museum owns an impressive
thumb of its creator, French sculptor collection of 13 sculptures and
César Baldaccini (1921–98). several drawings by Giacometti
(1901–66). The elongated figures
Dead Drunk Danes
2 with rough textures are reminiscent
(1960)
of African sculpture.
Rebel artist Asger Jorn (1914–73)
Two Piece Reclining
was awarded the Guggenheim 7
International Award for this expres- Figure No 5 (1963–4)
sive abstract paint ing. However, he This bronze work by Henry Moore
rejected the accolade and sent Harry (1898–1986) occupies a beautiful
Guggen heim an infuriated telegram: spot between the trees, its human-
“Go to hell with your money bastard oid, organic forms melding with
stop Never asked for it stop Against the landscape.
all decency to mix artist against his
Homage to the Square:
will in your publicity stop”. 8
Yellow Climate (1962)
A Closer Grand Canyon
3 This is part of the series titled
(1998)
Homage to the Square by Josef Albers
This monumental, colourful work by (1888–1976), the Bauhaus artist who
David Hockney (1937–) is a series of explored the chromatic relationship
small canvases pieced together. of different coloured flat squares.
Close Cover Before
Figures in a Landscape
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(1977)
Striking (1962)
An early Andy Warhol acrylic painting In this painting by Roy Lichtenstein
in the Pop Art style. (1923–97), an exponent of Pop Art,
symbols and images are broken
Déjeuner sur l’Herbe
5 down in a Cubist style.
(1961)
The Sculpture Park
This abstract work by Pable Picasso 0
(1881–1973) pays homage to Edouard In the museum’s sculpture
Manet’s revolutionary painting of park, the visual arts, architecture
1862–3, in which a nude woman sits and landscapes exist in unity. The
in a classical setting, having a picnic views are as much a part of the
with two clothed modern men. park’s charm as its exhibits.
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