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Monumental Head

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Monumental Head (French: Tête Monumentale) is a 1960 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, installed at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The abstract work measures 37 x 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches and depicts a roughly modeled head with an extended neck.[1] Other casts of Monumental Head from this period are found in the collections of other institutions, including the Phillips Collection and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[2][3]

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  1. ^ "Monumental Head, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Mark (2021-11-17). "At the Phillips Collection, a visual 'conversation' between the art of Europe, Africa and Japan". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. ^ Chang, Richard (2008-01-11). "Windfall donation of modern art goes on display at L.A. County Museum of Art". Orange County Register. Archived from the original on 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2023-08-01.