Putnam Collection of Sculpture, Princeton University

The John B. Putnam, Jr. Memorial Collection of Sculpture is a group of outdoor sculptures on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. In 1968, an anonymous donor gave the funds for the collection in honor of John B. Putnam, Jr., Princeton University Class of 1945, Lieutenant U.S.A.[1] [2]

Table of Sculptures[3]

Name of Piece Artist Location Picture
The Bride Reg Butler Courtyard of Hamilton Hall
Oval with Points Henry Moore Between Stanhope Hall and West College
Princeton University blob
Atmosphere and Environment X Louise Nevelson Between Nassau Street and Firestone Library
"Atmosphere and Environment X" by Louise Nevelson
White Sun Isamu Noguchi Lobby of Firestone Library
Song of the Vowels Jacques Lipchitz Between Firestone Library and the University Chapel
Princeton University angle
Head of a Woman Pablo Picasso In front of Spelman Apartments
Moses Tony Smith Lawn in front of Prospect
Upstart 2 Clement Meadmore Entrance to the Engineering Quadrangle
Spheric Theme Naum Gabo Courtyard of the Engineering Quadrangle
Five Disks: One Empty Alexander Calder Plaza between Fine and Jadwin Halls
Construction in the Third and Fourth Dimension Antoine Pevsner Courtyard of Jadwin Hall
Sphere VI Arnaldo Pomodoro Fine Hall
Cubi XIII David Smith Between Whig and Murray-Dodge Halls
Cubi XIII by David Smith
Floating Figure Gaston Lachaise Compton Court, Graduate College
"Floating Figure" by Gaston Lachaise

References

  1. Bzdak, Meredith Arms; Petersen, Douglas (1999). Public Sculpture in New Jersey: Monuments to Collective Identity. Rutgers University Press. pp. 143–4. ISBN 0-8135-2700-7.
  2. Leitch, Alexander. "The Putnam Collection of Sculpture". A Princeton Companion. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  3. The Sculpture of Princeton University: The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection. Princeton University. 1982.

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