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Arman (Armand Fernandez), Pablo Casals’s Obelisk, 1983. Bronze, 20 ft. × 84 in. × 60 in. (6.1 m × 213.4 cm × 152.4 cm), Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 2000. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

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Lynn Chadwick, Sitting Figures, 1979-80. Bronze, 66 x 33 x 56 in. (167.6 x 83.8 x 142.2 cm), Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 1998. © Estate of Lynn Chadwick.

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Leandro Erlich, Window with Ladder - Too Late for Help, 2008. Metal ladder, steel underground structure, fiberglass, aluminum frames, 14 ft. 8 in. × 63 in. (4.5 m × 160 cm), Museum purchase, Frederick R. Weisman Company Fund and De-Accession Fund, 2009. © Leandro Erlich.

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Frank Gehry, Bear With Us, 2014. Stainless steel, 45 ½ × 84 ¾ × 45 ¾ in. (115.6 × 215.3 × 116.2 cm), overall, Museum purchase with funds provided by Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2019. © Frank O. Gehry.

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Jeppe Hein, Mirror Labyrinth, Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 2017. Steel, mirror, dimensions variable, Museum purchase with funds provided by Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2019. © Jeppe Hein, Mirror Labyrinth Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 2018.

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Ida Kohlmeyer, Rebus 3D-89-3, 1989. Painted aluminum, 109 ½ × 97 × 36 in. (278.1 × 246.4 × 91.4 cm), Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 1998. © Ida Kohlmeyer.

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Claes Oldenburg + Coosje van Bruggen, Corridor Pin, Blue, 1999. Stainless steel and aluminum with blue acrylic polyurethane enamel, 21 ft. 3 in. × 21 ft. 2 in. × 16 in. (6.5 m × 6.5 m × 40.6 cm), Museum purchase, Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation Fund, 2004. © Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

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Pedro Reyes, Epicurus, 2017. Volcanic stone, 100 × 39 × 32 in. (254 × 99.1 × 81.3 cm), Museum purchase with funds provided by Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2017. © Pedro Reyes; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

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George Rodrigue, We Stand Together, 2005. Steel, aluminum, chrome and polychrome acrylic paint, 96 × 55 × 53 ¾ in. (243.8 × 139.7 × 136.5 cm), Gift in memory of Mignon McClanahan Wolfe, 2007. © Estate of George Rodrigue.

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Alison Saar, Travelin’ Light, 1999. Bronze, 82 × 24 × 18 in. (208.3 × 60.9 × 45.7 cm), overall, Museum purchase, Mrs. P. Roussel (Sunny) Norman Ninetieth Birthday Fund from her family and friends, 2001. © Alison Saar.

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Diana, 1886; cast 1985. Gilt bronze sculpture (without base): 110 × 59 × 22 ½ in. (279.4 × 149.9 × 57.2 cm), first cast in an edition of 5 bronze casts, Museum purchase, Sydney and Walda Besthoff Fund, 2010. Public Domain.

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Kenneth Snelson, Virlane Tower, 1981. Stainless steel, 45 ft. × 13 ft. 6 in. × 13 ft. 6 in. (13.7 × 4.1 × 4.1 m), Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 1998. © Kenneth Snelson Estate.

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Ursula von Rydingsvard, Dumna, 2015. Bronze, 130 × 97 × 64 ½ in. (330.2 × 246.4 × 163.8 cm), overall, Museum purchase with funds provided by Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2019. © Ursula von Rydingsvard, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.