List of outdoor artworks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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This is a list of works of art
Work of art
A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation.The term "a work of art" can apply to:*an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture*a fine work of architecture or landscape design...

 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an encyclopedic art museum located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum, which underwent a $74 million expansion in 2005, is located on a campus on the near northwest area outside downtown Indianapolis, northwest of Crown Hill Cemetery.The...

 which are located on one of three campus locations:
  • Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds
    Indianapolis Museum of Art
    The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an encyclopedic art museum located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum, which underwent a $74 million expansion in 2005, is located on a campus on the near northwest area outside downtown Indianapolis, northwest of Crown Hill Cemetery.The...

  • 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park
    Indianapolis Museum of Art
    The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an encyclopedic art museum located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum, which underwent a $74 million expansion in 2005, is located on a campus on the near northwest area outside downtown Indianapolis, northwest of Crown Hill Cemetery.The...

  • Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens
    Oldfields
    Oldfields also known as Lilly House and Gardens, is a 26 acre historic estate and house museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The estate, an example of the American country house movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was...

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There are also artworks that the museum has out on loan, and those that have been deaccessioned.
Title Artist Year Location/GPS Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner Image
Above and Below
Above and Below
Above and Below is a installation by American artist Maya Lin, best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is on display at and owned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States...

Maya Lin
Maya Lin
Maya Ying Lin is an American artist who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. She is the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.-Personal life:...

2007 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′33.77"N 86°11′10.19"W Epoxy-coated aluminum tubing 240 x 1200 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Antique Wellhead
Antique Wellhead
Antique Wellhead is a European marble and iron wellhead located on the historic Oldfields estate on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana. Originally designed for the function of marking the well and keeping passersby from falling into it, this wellhead was reused...

Unknown Late 19th century Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens39°49′49.79"N 86°11′2.09"W Limestone 29 x 31 x 31 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Bench Around the Lake
Bench Around the Lake
Bench Around the Lake is a public artwork by Danish artist Jeppe Hein, located in the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The artwork consists of fifteen individually designed yellow interactive bench installations strategically placed...

Jeppe Hein
Jeppe Hein
Jeppe Hein is an artist based in Berlin and Copenhagen. Hein is widely known for his production of experiential and interactive artworks that can be positioned at the junction where art, architecture, and technical inventions intersect...

2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′39.88"N 86°11′18.95"W Painted aluminum Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Copy of Diana of Versailles
Copy of Diana of Versailles
Copy of Diana of Versailles is a figurative cast stone outdoor sculpture group located on the historic Oldfields estate on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana...

Unknown Early 20th century Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′38.19"N 86°11′8.12"W Concrete 39 x 27.5 x 63 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Diana with Dog
Diana with Dog
Diana with Dog is a life-size, figurative cast stone outdoor sculpture located on the historic Oldfields estate on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana...

Unknown Early 20th century Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′35.83"N 86°10′58.66"W Limestone 78 x 36 x 30 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Eden II
Eden II
Eden II is a public artwork by Finnish artist Tea Mäkipää, and is located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is a mixed-media installation, consisting of a derelict ship on the lake and a guardhouse and its equipment on the shore...

Tea Mäkipää
Tea Mäkipää
Tea Mäkipää is a Finnish artist known for her installations, architectural works and videos. She earned a BA in Fine Art, from the Academy of Fine Arts , Helsinki and an MA from the Royal College of Art in London...

2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′42.88"N 86°11′31.3"W Mixed media Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Female Herm and Male Herm
Female and Male Herm (sculpture set)
Female Herm and Male Herm are a set of two neoclassical marble herms in the outdoor sculpture collection of the historic Oldfields estate, located on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana...

Unknown Early 20th century Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′40.1"N 86°11′8.39"W Marble 84 x 24 x 24 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Four Seasons
Four Seasons (sculpture set)
The Four Seasons are a set of four stone allegorical putti, each representing a traditional, temperate season. These are a part of the outdoor sculpture collection of the historic Oldfields estate, located on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana.-Description:The...

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Unknown Italian artisans Early 20th century? Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′37.85"N 86°10′59.89"W Limestone 30 x 12 x 12 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image 1, IMA Image 2, IMA Image 3, IMA Image 4
Free Basket
Free Basket
Free Basket is a public artwork by the Cuban artist group Los Carpinteros, located in the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The artwork is in the form of an international basketball court with twenty-four red or blue steel arches that...

Los Carpinteros
Los Carpinteros
Los Carpinteros is the name of a group of young Cuban artists that specializes in creating humorous installations and objects. In 1991 Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea formed Los Carpinteros—however they didn’t adopt the name until 1994, “deciding...

2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′31.87"N 86°11′19.75"W Painted metal Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Funky Bones
Funky Bones
Funky Bones is a public artwork by Atelier Van Liehout, a Dutch artist collective led by Joep van Lieshout, located in the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park, which is on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States...

Atelier van Lieshout 2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′38.78"N 86°11′25.15"W Painted fiberglass Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Indianapolis Island
Indianapolis Island
Indianapolis Island is a public artwork by American artist Andrea Zittel, located in the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The artwork consists of an inhabitable, white fiberglass structure that is mounted onto a floating dock system...

Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel is an American practicing sculptor, installation artist, and Relational artist.-Early Life:Born in Escondido, California in 1965, Zittel graduated from San Pasqual High School in 1983...

2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′48.51"N 86°11′19.21"W Painted fiberglass, mixed media Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Birdbath
Landon-Era Birdbath (Indianapolis)
Birdbath, constructed of fieldstone and concrete, is an early 20th century decorative feature on the historic Oldfields estate on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana...

Unknown Early 20th century Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′45.46"N 86°10′59.94"W Field stone and mortar 24 x 36 (Diam) Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
La Hermana del Hombre-Boveda Pablo Serrano 1963 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′34.43"N 86°10′59.23"W Bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

38 x 34 x 38 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
LOVE Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana is an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement.-Life and work:Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana. His family relocated to Indianapolis, where he graduated from Arsenal Technical High School...

1970 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′33.16"N 86°10′59.42"W Cor-Ten
Cor-ten
Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as "Corten steel", is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years.United...

 steel
144 x 144 x 72 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Memories of Prague
Memories of Prague
Memories of Prague is a public artwork by American artist David Louis Rodgers, located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art , which is near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.-Description:...

David Louis Rodgers 1983-85 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′33.88"N 86°11′11.35"W Limestone 50 x 44 (Diam) Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Mother and Child
Mother and Child (Gordine)
Mother and Child is a public artwork by Russian-British artist Dora Gordine, located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art , which is near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana...

Dora Gordine
Dora Gordine
Dora Gordine, FRBS aka La Gordine, was a British sculptress.-Early career to 1939:Dora Gordine's childhood has not been well documented. There is confusion over her date of birth with various dates 1895 , 1898 and 1906 mentioned...

1940 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′36.92"N 86°11′3.18"W Bronze 43 1/2 x 92 1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Numbers 1-0 Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana is an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement.-Life and work:Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana. His family relocated to Indianapolis, where he graduated from Arsenal Technical High School...

1980-82 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′33.08"N 86°10′56.34"W Painted aluminum 10 sculptures, 96 x 96 x 48 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Nymph and Fawn
Nymph and Fawn
Nymph and Fawn is a public artwork by American artist Isidore Konti, located within the Oldfields–Lilly House & Gardens estate on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , which is near Indianapolis, Indiana. Created in 1917, the bronze sculpture is also a working fountain...

Isidore Konti
Isidore Konti
Isidore Konti was a Vienna-born sculptor. He began formal art studies at the age of 16 when he entered the Imperial Academy in Vienna where he studied under Edmund von Hellmer. In 1886 he won a scholarship that allowed him to study in Rome for two years...

1917 Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′40.69"N 86°11′8.42"W Bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

56.25 x 24 x 20 Indianapolis Museum of Art
Park of Laments
Park of Laments
Park of Laments is a public artwork by Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar, located in the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States...

Alfredo Jaar
Alfredo Jaar
Alfredo Jaar is a Chilean-born artist, architect, and filmmaker who lives in New York. He was born in 1956 in Santiago de Chile. He is mostly known as an installation artist, often incorporating photography and covering socio-political issues and war - the best known perhaps being the 6-year long...

2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′37.73"N 86°11′18"W Earth work Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Urns
Urns (Indianapolis)
Urns are a set of monumental limestone urns that serve as ornamental sculpture on the grounds of the historic Oldfields estate, located on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana.-Description:...

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Unknown Early 20th century? Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′40.06"N 86°11′0.33"W Limestone 108 x 42 x 42 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image 1, IMA Image 2
Snowplow
Snowplow (sculpture)
Snowplow is an abstract outdoor sculpture by American artist Mark di Suvero located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.-Description:...

Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero
Marco Polo "Mark" di Suvero is an American abstract expressionist sculptor born Marco Polo Levi in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Italian expatriates. He immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1942 with his family. From 1953 to 1957, he attended the University of California, Berkeley to study...

1972 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′30.04"N 86°10′57.71"W Painted steel, rubber tire. 144 x 132 x 84 Indianapolis Museum of Art
Stratum Pier
Stratum Pier
Stratum Pier is an interactive overlook by American artist Kendall Buster. The functional sculpture is located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art's 100 Acres: Virginia B...

Kendall Buster 2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′42.22"N 86°11′25.14"W Fiberglass, metal, concrete Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Stumbling Man
Stumbling Man
Stumbling Man is an outdoor sculpture by American artist David K. Rubins located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , which is near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The sculpture is cast bronze and is in the shape of a man crouched upon the ground.-Description:The sculpture is a...

David K. Rubins
David K. Rubins
David Kresz Rubins was an American sculptor and professor. He taught at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and his various works adorn the Indiana State House, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the National Archives building in Washington, D.C.-Personal life:David Kresz...

1969 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′36.01"N 86°11′0.7"W Bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

32.5" x 38" x 62" Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Sundial, Boy With Spider
Sundial, Boy With Spider
Sundial, Boy With Spider is an outdoor sculpture and functional sundial by American artist Willard Dryden Paddock . It is located within the Oldfields estate on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana...

Willard Dryden Paddock
Willard Dryden Paddock
Willard Dryden Paddock , was an American artist who specialized in painting and sculpting. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under the tutelage of sculptor Herbert Adams, before traveling to Paris to study at the Académie Colarossi under the painters...

1916 Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′38.73"N 86°11′2.24"W Bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

30 x 20 x 29 in Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Sutphin Fountain
Sutphin Fountain
The Sutphin Fountain is a built environment located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art , which is near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The granite and concrete fountain was designed by Stuart O. Dawson of Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Associates, Inc...

Stu Dawson 1972 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′33.29"N 86°11′5.54"W Indiana limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

40 in. x 34 ft (Diam) Indianapolis Museum of Art
Team Building (Align)
Team Building (Align)
Team Building is a public artwork by American artist collective Type A, located on the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It was commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art for their 100 Acres Park sculpture garden, which opened in 2010...

Type A 2010 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park 39°49′36.8"N 86°11′21.55"W Aluminum Park installation Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
The Three Graces
The Three Graces (Indianapolis)
The Three Graces is a nearly life-size, figurative Carrara marble outdoor sculpture group located on the historic Oldfields estate on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , in Indianapolis, Indiana. The neoclassical marble sculpture depicts the Three Graces, minor goddesses of the...

Unknown Early 20th century Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′39.32"N 86°10′57.99"W Marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...

44 x 36 x 21 Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Two Figures
Two Figures
Two Figures is a public artwork by English artist Barbara Hepworth, located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. This cast bronze sculpture is one of a series of this figural group cast at the Morris Singer Foundry in London.-Description:Upon the...

Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth
Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art in Britain.-Life and work:Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10 January 1903 in Wakefield,...

1968 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′33.26"N 86°11′4.1"W Bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

89 x 49 x 15 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Two Lines Oblique Down, Variation III George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey was an American kinetic sculptor.Rickey was born on June 6, 1907 in South Bend, Indiana.-Life and work:...

1970 Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds 39°49′31.21"N 86°11′7.19"W Stainless steel
Stainless steel
In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....

31 x 42 x 8 ft. Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
Bronze Fountain Unknown, English c. 1860 Oldfields-Lilly House and Gardens 39°49′31.21"N 86°11′7.19"W Cast bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

66 x 36 (Diam) Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA Image
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