Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae
Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore. It was cast in 1968 as in edition of 8, along with an artist's copy which is now part of the Tate collection. One of the eight casts is in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture by Henry Moore (LH 579, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)
- Also known as: “Working Model for ‘Three-Way Piece No. 3: Vertebrae’” and “Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
National Mall
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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
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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 1,200 feet northeast of Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
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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 1,100 feet northwest of Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Downtown.
East End
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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.
Downtown
Suburb
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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
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.
Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88914° or 38° 53′ 21″ northLongitude
-77.02308° or 77° 1′ 23″ westHeight
7.7 feet (2.3 metres)Open location code
87C4VXQG+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 917753501OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q7797232
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In Other Languages
“Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae” goes by many names.
- French: “Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae”
- French: “Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seated Woman on a Bench and Cubi XII.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae”. Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.