Monument au Fantôme
Sculpture by Jean Dubuffet in Houston, Texas, U.S.
29°45′12″N 95°21′30″W / 29.75335°N 95.35838°W / 29.75335; -95.35838 Monument au Fantôme (English: Monument to the Phantom) is an outdoor sculpture by French sculptor Jean Dubuffet, in 1977. It was originally inaugurated at the plaza of 1100 Louisiana. It is installed on Avenida de las Americas at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas, United States, since 2008. The painted fiberglass and steel frame sculpture features seven individual forms that represent features of Houston, including a chimney, church, dog, hedge, mast, phantom, and tree. Donated by the Dan Duncan family, it is part of Dubuffet's Hourloupe series, which has companion sculptures in Chicago, New York, and in Europe.[1]
See also
Texas portal
Visual arts portal
References
- ^ "Monument Au Fantome". Discovery Green Conservancy. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
External links
- Downtown sculpture to see greener pastures by Nancy Sarnoff (July 3, 2007), Houston Chronicle
- Monument au Fantome, Jean Dubuffet, Houston at Waymarking
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Jean Dubuffet
- Cows and Groomers (1943)
- The Cow with the Subtile Nose (1954)
- Hotel du Cantal (1961)
- Courre Merlan (Whiting Chase) (1964)
- Group of Four Trees (1972)
- Jardin d'émail (1968-1974)
- Monument au Fantôme (1977)
- La Chiffonnière (1978)
- Monument with Standing Beast (1984)
- Fondation Jean Dubuffet
- Outsider art
- School of Paris
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