Saturday, March 13, 2010

Bench & Calder

“Homage to Jerusalem - Stabile” (1977)
by Alexander Calder, Mount Herzl
Jerusalem, February 2010
(Photo by Dina, Jerusalem Hills Daily Photo)

6 comments:

Lowell said...

Very nice, Dina. Impressive sculpture and unusual bench!

Dina said...

The plaza is new. The Calder had to be moved to across the street for several years while they were building an underground parking lot here at what will be the terminus of the light rail.
The view across the valley of the Jerusalem Hills is stunning. Calder picked this location himself.
Does the Stabile look like hills?

VP said...

@ Dina - I'm guilty of cropping your photo to show better the bench. The original framing was much better to show the beautiful location and I linked it.

tapirgal said...

This is spectacular.

Jim said...

A great bench to enjoy a great work of art.
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Dina said...

No no, I wasn't complaining. I was just remembering some other photos from that day which show the vista, all the way to Hadassah hospital and beyond.
Strange. I pass by this place on the bus several times a week but have never seen any people sitting on the benches or walking on the plaza.