Conversation with the Wind (Colloquio col Vento), or simply Conversation with the Wind, is a 1962 kinetic steel sculpture by Italian artist Pietro Consagra,[1] installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's (MFAH) Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in the U.S. state of Texas. The sculpture measures 104 × 107 × 94 5/8 in. (264.2 × 271.8 × 240.4 cm). It was exhibited in Spoleto, Italy in 1962, and purchased by MFAH in 1963.[2]
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Artist | Pietro Consagra |
Year | 1962 (1962) |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Steel |
Dimensions | 260 cm × 270 cm (104 in × 107 in × 94 5/8 in) |
Location | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States |
According to his daughter, Consagra proposed painting the badly rusted sculpture for restorative purposes.[3]
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