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Le Jardin des Tuileries
Paris, France, 1975

Ange des Orages, 1973. Steel 13' 11 1/2" x 24' 11 1/4" x 9' 10"; Collection of La Ville de Chalon-sur-Saône, France Ave, 1972-73. Steel. 39' 10" x 30' 10" x 45' 5" ; Collection of Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TX Etoile Polaire, 1973. Steel 75 x 59 x 59'; Collection of Fonds National d' Art Contemporain, Puteaux, France Ik Ook, 1971-72. Painted steel. 24 x 24 x 33'; Collection of National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Mon Père, Mon Père, 1973-75. Steel. 35' x 40' x 40 '4"; Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York. Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.
Mark di Suvero presented five monumental sculptures in the first exhibition by a living artist in the Tuileries Gardens.


Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, New York, 1975-1976

Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore), 1967 Painted steel. 40' x 40' x 30' Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund and Gift of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, by exchange, 1999. Photograph by Pedro E. Guerrero. La Petite Clef, 1973 Steel, wood 26' 4" x 27' x 37' 9" Private Collection. Ik Ook, 1972 Painted steel 24' x 24' x 33' Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia. Photograph by Pedro E. Guerrero. Lover, 1973 Painted steel 22' x 25' x 51' Collection of The Bradley Family Foundation Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photograph by Pedro E. Guerrero. Ming, II, 1973 Steel 115 x 85 1/2 x 122 3/4" Private Collection. Mother Peace , 1970 Painted steel 41' 8" x 49' 5" x 44' 3" Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph ©Pedro E. Guerrero. One Oklock, 1969 Steel 28' x 46' 6" x 39' Collection of Athena Foundation, Long Island City, New York. Praise for Elohim Edonai, 1966 Wood, steel 22' x 30' x 30' St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Champ, Jr. Photograph by Pedro E. Guerrero. Victor's Lament, 1970 Steel 28' x 33' 3" x 34' 6" Collection of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania; gift of Philip and Muriel Berman with Additional Funds from the Art in Public Places Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph by Pedro E. Guerrero. XV, 1971 Steel 21' 7" x 26' 11" x 35' 11" Collection of Leonard and Susan Feinstein. Photograph ©Pedro E. Guerrero. Yes! For Lady Day, 1968-69 Painted steel 35' x 54' x 40' Collection of Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois. Photograph ©Pedro E. Guerrero.

Mark di Suvero, an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, included an installation of fourteen large-scale works in outdoor settings throughout the five boroughs of New York City.


Storm King Art Center
Mountainville, NY, 1985 - 1986

Atman, 1978-79 Painted steel with California redwood swinging bed 34' x 30 x 39' Collection of Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Oh. Photograph by George Bellamy. Arikidea, 1977-82 Cor-Ten steel, steel & cedar wood 26' 4 1/2" x 42' 6" x 37' 6" Collection of Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; gift of Judy and Kenneth Dayton, 1985. Photograph by George Bellamy. Huru , 1984-85 Steel 55' high Private Collection. Photograph by George Bellamy. Mother Peace, 1970 Painted steel 41' 8" x 49' 5" x 44' 3" Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph by George Bellamy. Yes! For Lady Day, 1968-69 Painted steel 35' x 54' x 40' Collection of Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois. Photograph by George Bellamy. Mahatma , 1978-79 Steel 22' x 30' x 13' Collection of Storm King Art Center; gift of The Edward R. Broida Collection. Photograph by George Bellamy. Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore), 1967 Painted steel 40 x 40 x 30' 12.2 x 12.2 x 9.1 m; Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. Photograph by George Bellamy Mon Père, Mon Père, 1973-75 Steel 35' x 40' x 40 '4"; Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph by George Bellamy. Shang, 1984-85 Steel, 25' x 19' x 21 3/8' Collection of the artist. Photograph by George Bellamy. She, 1977-78 Steel with wooden swinging bed 17' x 52' x 28' Private Collection. Photograph by George Bellamy. Sister Lu, 1978-79 Steel 15' 6" x 28' x 17' Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art; gift of Ryda and Robert H. Levi, Baltimore. Photograph by George Bellamy. Sunflowers for Vincent, 1978-79; reworked 1983 Steel, stainless steel 18' x 35' x 15' Private Collection. Photograph by George Bellamy. Whale's Cry, 1981-83 Steel, Stainless Steel 24 x 26' Private Collection. Photograph by George Bellamy.


A retrospective of sculptures and drawings, with twenty-one outdoor sculptures of varying sizes located on the patio, lawns, and nearby hills in celebration of Storm King's 25th Anniversary.


Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany, 1988

Bornibus, 1987 Steel 19' 9" x 29' 3" x 18' Collection of the Artist. Ange des Orages, 1973 Steel 13' 11 1/2" x 24' 11 1/4" x 9' 10" Collection of La Ville de Chalon-sur-Saône, France. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier. Etoile du Jour, 1985 Steel 34' 9" x 42' x 26' 6" Private Collection, The Netherlands. Etoile Polaire, 1973 Steel 75' x 59' x 59' Collection of Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France. Lobotchevsky, 1988 Steel 26' 7" x 33' 2" x 36' 5" Collection of Landeshauptstadt, Stuttgart, Germany. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Symbiosis, 1988 Steel 34' high Collection of Runnymeade Sculpture Farm, Woodside, California. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Tumbleweed, 1987 Steel 21' 3" x 26' 11" x 17' 9" Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Reinhard Truckenmüller.
Mark di Suvero, an exhibition at the Württembergische Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, included a city-wide exhibition of eight large-scale works.


La Ville de Valence, 1990
Bornibus, 1987 Steel 19' 9" x 29' 3" x 18' Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier Etoile Polaire, 1973 Steel 75' x 59' x 59' Collection of Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Girouette, 1973 Steel 7' 6 1/2" x 6' 6 3/4" x 8' 2 1/2" Collection of Marcel Evrard, France. Per Allende, 1975 Painted steel 20' 8" x 37' 1" x 12' 9 1/2" Private Collection, France. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Homage to the Seed, joint, 1994 Steel 23' x 24' x 15' Photograph ©Pierre Plattier Letter to the World, 1989 Steel 26' 3" x 16' 5" x 16' 5" Collection of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Lobotchevsky, 1988 Steel 26' 7" x 33' 2" x 36' 5" Collection of Landeshauptstadt, Stuttgart, Germany. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Symbiosis, 1988 Steel 34' high Collection of Runnymeade Sculpture Farm, Woodside, California. Photograph ©George Bellamy.

Mark di Suvero Valence, an exhibition at the Musée de Valence, included a city-wide exhibition of eleven large-scale works at in various sites, including Parc Jouvet, Palace de la Liberté, and Champ de Mars.


Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France, 1991
Praise for Elohim Adonai, 1966 Wood, steel 22' x 30' x 30' Collection of St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Champ, Jr. Mahatma, 1979 Steel 22' x 30' x 13' Collection of Storm King Art Center; gift of The Edward R. Broida Collection. Aesop's Fable, 1990 Steel 11' 5 1/4" x 32' 4 1/2" x 13 ' 7 1/2" Collection of Gateway Foundation, Saint Louis, Missouri. Photograph by Muriel Anssens. Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore), 1967 Painted steel 40' x 40' x 30' Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund and Gift of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, by exchange, 1999. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Tendresse, 1990 Steel 29' 6" x 21' 4" x 30' 9" Private Collection. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Extase, 1991 Steel 74' 3" x 34' 4" x 35' 4" Collection of Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Brest, France. Photograph ©George Bellamy. New Star, 1987 Steel 29' 3" x 34' x 39' 3" Collection of Stiftung Kunst und Kultur des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany. Photograph ©George Bellamy.


Mark di Suvero Retrospective 1959-1991 at the Musée d'art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain was accompanied by a city-wide exhibition of seven large-scale works in various sites, including at the Promenade des Anglais and Place Masséna.

Venice, Italy, 1995
For Gerard Manley Hopkins , 1983-89 Painted steel 34 x 50 x 50' Collection of Hansol Foundation of Culture, Seoul, Korea. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier. Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore), 1967 Painted steel 40' x 40' x 30' Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund and Gift of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, by exchange, 1999. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier. Rumi, 1991 Painted Steel 24' x 8'9" x 7' Collection of Hall Family Foundation at The Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri; On loan from the Hall Family Foundation. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier. Vivaldi, 1992 painted steel 38' x 48' Collection of Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier. Yoga, 1991 Steel, stainless steel 29' 6 1/2" x 31' 2" x 31' 2" Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier. Will, 1994 steel 42' 8" x 36' x 29' 6" Private Collection. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier.

Mark di Suvero à Venezia placed seven large-scale sculptures along the Zattere, the Riva and the Grand Canal in celebration of the hundredth year of the city's Biennale.


Storm King Art Center
Mountainville, NY, 1995 - 1996
Beppe, 1995 Steel and stainless steel, 45' x 52' x 50' Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Aurora, 1992-93 Steel 16' 4" x 19' 6" x 26' 8 1/2" (apx) Collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Photograph ©George Bellamy For Chris, 1991 Steel, 11' 3" x 16' x 10' 3" Collection of the artist. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Galileo, 1996 Steel, 45 1/2' x 39' x 43' Daimler Art Collection, Berlin. Photograph © George Bellamy. Johnny Appleseed, 1992 Steel, 23 1/2' x 22' x 44' Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Old Buddy (for Rosko), 1995 Steel, 40' x 60' x 48' Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Yoga, 1991 Steel and stainless steel, 29 1/2' x 31 1/8' x 31 1/8' Collection of the artist. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Scythian, 1995 Steel, 23' x 2' x 12 7/8' Private collection. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Pyramidian, 1998 Steel, 56' x 46' x 46' Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York. Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson.


Mark di Suvero, an exhibition of fifteen works dating from the preceding decade, the five largest displayed in a new twenty-acre field especially prepared for them.


Paris, France, 1997
Ange des Orages, 1973 Steel 13' 11 1/2" x 24' 11 1/4" x 9' 10"; Collection of La Ville de Chalon-sur-Saône, France ©Gianfranco Gorgoni Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore), 1967 Painted steel 40' x 40' x 30' Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund and Gift of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, by exchange, 1999. Photograph ©George Bellamy. E= Galileo, 1996 Steel, 45 1/2' x 39' x 43' Daimler Art Collection, Berlin. Photograph ©Pierre Plattier Grace à Toi (Homage à Michel Guy), 1997 Steel 66' x 25' 9" x 25' 9" Collection of the artist. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Racine du Naos, 1996 Steel 9.9' x 19.8' x 19.8' Private Collection. Pour le Poète Inconnu, 1996 Steel 11' 2" x 11' 2" x 14' 1" Private Collection. Mozart's Birthday, 1988 Steel 25' 6" x 35' 6" x 47' Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York; gift of Maurice Cohen and Margo Cohen. Photograph ©George Bellamy. Joie de Vivre, 1997 Steel 70' x 30' 6" x 24' 6" Collection of the Brookfield Charitable Foundation, New York; gift of Agnes Gund. Photograph ©George Bellamy.


Mark di Suvero - Paris. Invited by the City of Paris to exhibit nine large-scale works around the city, including in the Esplanades des Invalides; this was the first time these emblematic sites were made available to a contemporary artist.

Storm King Art Center
Mountainville, NY, 2005 - 2006
Baby Beyond, 2004 stainless steel, steel 13’ 10” x 15’ 3” x 8’ Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Po-um (Lyric), 2003 Steel, Stainless Steel 16' x 16' 3" x 8' 5" Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson Beethoven's Quartet, 2003 steel, stainless steel 24' 7" x 30' x 23' 3" Collection of Peter and Cathy Halstead, Tippet Rise, Fishtail MT. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Beyond, 2004 steel 24’ x 21’ 6” x 20’ 6” Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Chonk On, 2000 steel 19’ 6” x 32’ x 14’ 3" Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson For Chris , 1991 Steel, Bell 11ft3inches x 16ft x 10ft3inches Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Mahatma, 1979 Steel 22' x 30' x 13' Collection of Storm King Art Center; gift of The Edward R. Broida Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Frog Legs, 2002 steel 26' 8" x 11' x 11'inches Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Mon Père, Mon Père, 1973-75 Steel 35' x 40' x 40 '4"; Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Mother Peace , 1970 Painted steel 41' 8" x 49' 5" x 44' 3" Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Mozart's Birthday 1989 Steel 25' 6" x 35' 6" x 47' Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York; Gift of Maurice Cohen and Margo Cohen. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Origins, 2001- 2004 steel 36’4” x 18’ 3” x 17’ 10” Collection of Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Shang, 1984-85. Steel, 25' x 19' x 21 3/8' Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Pyramidian, 1998 Steel, 56' x 46' x 46' Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York. Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson.


Richard Bellamy Mark di Suvero, an exhibition of a selection of small indoor and outdoor works by di Suvero, alongside larger sculptures in Storm King's "di Suvero Fields." Accompanying this was the first exhibition of photographs of di Suvero's sculptures by legendary art dealer Richard Bellamy.

Governors Island
New York, NY, 2012
Dreamcatcher, , 2005- 2012 Steel, Stainless Steel 1524 x 403.9 x 1170.9cm University of California, San Francisco; J. Michael Bishop Art Collection at Mission Bay. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Chonk On, 2000. Steel 19’ 6” x 32’ x 14’ 3" Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Figolu, 2005-2011 Painted Steel, Marine Buoys 47 ft 1 inches x 55 ft x 23 ft Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. For Chris, 1991 Steel, 11' 3" x 16' x 10' 3" Collection of the artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Fruit Loops , 2003 steel 16’ 4” x 15’ x 11’ 7” Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Mahatma , 1978-79 Steel 22' x 30' x 13' Photography ©Jerry L. Thompson Rust Angel, 1995 Painted Steel 8'11" x 14’ x 7’8", Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Po-um (Lyric), 2003 Steel, Stainless Steel 16' x 16' 3" x 8' 5" Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson Old Buddy (For Rosko), 1993-95 steel 40' x 60' x 48' Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. New Beginning, 2002 stainless steel, steel 13' 5" x 11' 6" x 10' 3" Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. She , 1977-78 Steel with wooden swinging bed 17' x 52' x 28' Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Tamimiami, 2010 Painted Steel 36 ft 10 inches x 28 ft 4 inches x 20 ft 3 inches ft Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Will, 1994 steel 42' 8" x 36' x 29' 6" Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson.



Mark di Suvero at Governors Island, presented by Storm King Art Center. A dozen large scale works sited across the 172-acre expanse of Governors Island, a former military base converted into a public space.


SFMOMA at Crissy Field
San Francisco, CA, 2013-2014
Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore), 1967 Painted steel 40' x 40' x 30' Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund and Gift of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, by exchange, 1999. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Dreamcatcher, 2005- 2012 Steel, Stainless Steel 1524 x 403.9 x 1170.9cm University of California, San Francisco; J. Michael Bishop Art Collection at Mission Bay. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Figolu, 2005-2011 Painted Steel, Marine Buoys 47 ft 1 inches x 55 ft x 23 ft Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Huru , 1984-85 Steel 55' high Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Magma, 2008-11 Steel 25 ft x 48 ft x 22 ft 5 inches ft Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Will, 1994 steel 42' 8" x 36' x 29' 6" Private Collection. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Old Buddy (For Rosko), 1993-95 steel 40' x 60' x 48' Collection of the Artist. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson. Mother Peace , 1970 Painted steel 41' 8" x 49' 5" x 44' 3" Collection of Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York Gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Photograph ©Jerry L. Thompson.

Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field, presented by SFMOMA in partnership with the National Park Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Eight large scale works dating from 1967 to 2012 were exhibited at historic Crissy Field, set against the backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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