Stele II
Stele II is an abstract sculpture, constructed in 1973, by Ellsworth Kelly. Located at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, it reflects the artist's move to the countryside, and landscape.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork_type: sculpture
- Description: artwork by Ellsworth Kelly
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 690 feet east of Stele II.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,000 feet west of Stele II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Capitol Hill.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Stele II
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89154° or 38° 53′ 30″ northLongitude
-77.02233° or 77° 1′ 20″ westInception
1973Height
9.8 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87C4VXRH+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2634817091OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q7606975
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In Other Languages
“Stele II” goes by many names.
- French: “Stele II”
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