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This is a collection of public art around the campus of MIT.  It is a work in progress.  There are several additional sculptures that need to be added to the tour, as well as one (the red dollar) which is no longer in the listed location.

Stops on this tour:

Skull, Corridor, Building 3 42°21’32.0” N, 71°5’32.6” W I walk over this whenever I pass through Building 3 but have no idea of its story.It more likely...

Figure Decoupee, Picasso - MIT, Cambridge, MA 42°21’40.3” N, 71°5’3.5” W This is a concrete sculture that was designed by Picasso in 1958.  This version was...

Red Dollar, MIT 42°21’35.6” N, 71°5’17.5” W This is a large red dollar sign that had (at least as of February) been located on the MIT...

The Big Sail 42°21’34.9” N, 71°5’20.4” W The Big Sail, Alexander Calder, 1966

MIT Stata Center 42°21’42.5” N, 71°5’30.1” W The MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center, architectual building art.

Two Indeterminate Lines 42°21’39.6” N, 71°5’2.4” W This sculpture is consists of two metal bands that coil together.  I don't have any...

Reclining Figure @ MIT 42°21’41.0” N, 71°5’14.6” W Reclining Figure, Henry Moore, 1963 (working model for Lincoln Center Sculpure, Bronze Edition 1...

Transparent Horizon 42°21’38.5” N, 71°5’19.3” W Transparent Horizon, Louise Nevelson, 1975

Elmo MIT - sculpture 42°21’32.8” N, 71°5’22.9” W Elmo MIT, Dimitri Hadzi, 1963

Birth of the Muses 42°21’32.0” N, 71°5’22.6” W Birth of the Muses, Jaques Lipchitz, 1944-1950

Angola - sculpture 42°21’31.3” N, 71°5’21.8” W Angola, Issac Witkin, 1968

TV Man (aka Five Piece Cube with a Strange Hole) 42°21’32.0” N, 71°5’20.8” W Also known as Five Piece Cube with a Strange Hole; David Bakalar, 1993

Aesop's Fables, II 42°21’41.8” N, 71°5’23.6” W Aesop's Fables, II - Mark Di Suvero, 2005Red metal sculpture near the Stata Center

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