Home to four generations of the Rockefeller family with a postcard-perfect garden/open-air art gallery.
Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate on Pocantico Hills.
Tarrytown, N.Y.
July 19th, 2019
Kykuit
Tag: sculpture garden
Garden of Delights
Hirshhorn Museum, Sculpture Garden
March 18th, 2019
Kentuck Knob || The Grounds
No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other. – Frank Lloyd Wright
Thus Kentuck Knob was born of sandstone and tidewater red cypress, out of the side of the hill, being one with the hill, belonging to it.
We did not see the interior, building our anticipation and excitement for our upcoming tour of Fallingwater. But the surrounding woodland can be visited at any time during opening hours, no booking slot required (a pass must be bought at the visitor’s centre). It offers a walking trail through a large collection of sculptures adorning the grounds.
And the views over the surrounding hills are simply breathtaking. You can tell by my little ”Sound of Music” moment.
Troilus (1999) by Wendy Taylor – Bronze
Three Right Angles (1992) by George Rickey – Aluminium
Room (1992) by Andy Goldsworthy – Field Stone
Berlin Wall Section & Butterfly
Untitled (1950-) by Michael Warren – Irish Oak and Welded Steel
De-Creation (First Version) by Michael Warren – Irish Oak
Jute (1990) by Nicola Hicks – Bronze
Kentuck Knob, by Frank Lloyd Wright
September 2nd, 2018
Walking the Mall: Sculpture garden to Washington Monument
From the Capitol to the National Gallery Sculpture Garden.
The McGee Roadster, the 16th vehicle to be documented as national heritage by the HVA for the National Historic Vehicle Register and U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Historic American Engineering Record.
Robert Indiana, AMOR, conceived 1998, executed 2006.
Mark di Suvero, Aurora, 1992–93.
Louise Bourgeois, Spider, 1996/1997.
Claes Oldenburg; Coosje van Bruggen, Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, 1999.
Roxy Paine, Graft, 2008–2009.
The Smithsonian Castle.
National Museum of African American History & Culture.
And, finally, the iconic obelisk in honour of George Washington.
April 23rd, 2017
The Humble Fabulist 