Recent Additions

Stone River
Andy Goldsworthy
In August 2004, British artist Andy Goldsworthy completed Stone River, a 320-foot serpentine sculpture on the campus of Stanford University. Constructed of sandstone from university buildings destroyed in the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes, Stone River is the largest work of outdoor art at the university. In addition to Goldsworthy, a team of eight professional dry-stone wallers from England and Scotland worked 11 hours a day, six days a week, for three and a half weeks (1848 hours) to complete this remarkable work of art. Located across the street from the Cantor.

Miwok
Mark di Suvero
Miwok, a 29-foot tall steel sculpture by Mark di Suvero, is located in the garden landscaped by Peter Walker and Partners at the Center for Clinical Sciences Research. Weighing approximately six tons, Miwok recalls a large totem, as its Native-American title suggests. With elements akin to a head and shoulder blades suspended above a towering leg-like frame, Miwok is more figurative than many of di Suvero’s works and complements the abstract sculpture by the artist. Located at the Stanford Medical School on The Dean’s Lawn.

The Three Graces
Charles Ginnever
The Three Graces, a sculpture in Cor-Ten steel dating from 1975 to 1981 by Charles Ginnever, is his third work of outdoor art to be permanently sited on campus. Like his other two sculptures at Stanford, Luna Moth Walk I and Chicago Triangles, the three 20’ x 4’ elements comprising The Three Graces are equal in size but are oriented in different ways. The mystery of Ginnever’s art lies in understanding this relationship and discovering how light and shadow as well as the viewer’s movement in space change the appearance of the three-dimensional sculpture. The Three Graces are located near the Oval by the old Graduate School of Business.

Bedford Sentinels
Beverly Pepper
Another recent addition to the outdoor art collection at Stanford is a trio of bronze works by Beverly Pepper named the Bedford Sentinels after alumni Peter and Kirsten Bedford who made their fabrication and donation possible. Located at the corner of Serra and Galvez Streets next to the Landau Economics Building.

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