The Hirshhorn Museum

February 29, 2008

Henry Moore's Stringed Figure No. 1

The last Smithsonian museum in DC that I had to visit was the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. It is the Smithsonian’s international modern and contemporary art museum. A lot of very interesting pieces and of course a few that make you ask “What is art, really?”

Song of The Little Frog by Richard Stankiewicz

The above to photos are of Clyfford Still's 1962-D and 1950-M No. 1. I almost think I could paint one of these.....then again maybe not.

Spectre Riding a Headless Horse by David Smith

Theodore Roszak's Invocation I

Jean Tinguely's The Sorceress

The Drummer by Barry Flanagan. This is one of the many sculptures you will find in the sculpture garden.

With this visist I have now seen all of the Smithsonian Museums that you will find in Washington DC (except for the Museum of American History because it is closed until sometime later this year). I now only need to make my way out to Chantily Virgina to visit the other Air and Space Museum and visit the few in NYC and I will have visited them all.

Julie