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Family Circle is a public artwork by the American artist Herbert House, located at 2300 6th Street NW on the Howard University campus in Washington, D.C., United States. Family Circle was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1994.[1]

Family Circle
Artist	Herbert House
Year	1991 (1991)
Type	Steel
Dimensions	152.4 cm × 91.44 cm × 60.96 cm (60.0 in × 36.00 in × 24.00 in)
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°55′37.33″N 77°2′28.88″W
Owner	DC Artworks

Description

Four nude figures of a male, female and two children dance in a circle. The figures are highly polished steel and have no facial features, feet or hands. The dancing figures are on top of a red circular tilted platform.[1]

Herbert House

Herbert House graduated from Illinois State University. He has been credited with creating over 500 works. House resides in Chicago, Illinois. His work is seen in the collections of Illinois State and numerous private collections.[2]

Condition

This sculpture was surveyed in 1994 for its condition and it was described as "well maintained".[1] In 2017, the sculpture was vandalized when two of the figures were torn off the platform.[3] In 2018, the piece was fixed and back on display.[4]

References

External links

• "Who made the shiny car-bumper sculpture in an Adams" from The Washington Post
• The Dr. Robert H. Derden Collection: A Black Collector's Odyssey in Contemporary Art
• "Abstract" by House

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