Figure Holding the Sun - San Jose, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 37° 20.002 W 121° 53.402
10S E 598329 N 4132432
This sculpture is located outside the entrance to the San Jose Museum of Art.
Waymark Code: WMEBDP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2012
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This 23 foot tall steel 1988 sculpture by Italian-American artist Italo Scanga (June 6, 1932 - July 7, 2001) is located outside the San Jose Museum of Art.
It is entitled "Figure Holding the Sun" and uses an abstract style to depict a woman(?) (painted with bolts of red, blue, brown and pink) holding a yellow disk above its head. The disk has pinkish odd shape on its front surface.
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The Sun, of course, is our star and the largest object in our solar system. Read more about the Sun at (
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