Sculpture in the gardens

Auguste Rodin (French), Eve, 1881, cast before 1920, bronze.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Tony Cragg (British), Bent of Mind, 2005, bronze.

Installed outside the welcome center of the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Roxy Paine (American), Neuron, 2010, stainless steel.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Alexander Liberman (American, born Russia), Arla, 1979–1983, painted steel.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Anish Kapoor (British, born India), Untitled, 2010, granite.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Marshall Fredericks (American), Leaping Gazelle Fountain (Rabbit, Hawk, Grouse, Otter), 1936, cast 1995, bronze.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Foreground: Louise Nevelson (American, born Russia), Atmosphere and Environment XI, 1969, painted weathering Corten Steel.

Background: Richard Serra (American), Equal Intervals, Equal Elevations, 1996–2021 (partial), 1996–2012, forged steel.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Kiki Smith (American), Sleepwalker, 2002–08, bronze.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Nina Akamu (Japanese-American, born United States), The American Horse, 1999, bronze. Based in part on Leonardo de Vinci’s 15th century unfinished Gran Cavallo, a commission from the Duke of Milan, The American Horse has one other cast, located in Milan.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Louise Bourgeois (American, born France), Spider, 1997, bronze.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Mark di Suvero (American, born China), Scarlatti, 1994–2000, steel.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

George Segal (American), Girl Standing in Nature, 1976, bronze with white patina. Girl Standing in Nature is Segal’s first work made for outdoor installation and is painted to resemble the plaster cast sculpture he is better known for.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Deborah Butterfield (American), Cabin Creek, 1996, bronze.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Parco Mediceo di Pratolino, Vaglia

Giambologna’s Colosso dell’Appennino (1579–80) overlooking a pond in the Pratolino, a former Medici garden also known as Parco di Villa Demidoff. The giant was originally surrounded by an artificial recess, appearing to live in a mountain cave. It was part of a greater arrangement of grottoes, fountains, sculptures, and automatons, most of which are gone today. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

An inhabitant of the giant’s pond. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz/Joshua Albers.

Behind the giant: a dragon and two (now closed) grottoes. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Statue of Diana, Pratolino. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Lizard of the Pratolino. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Peschiera della Maschera (Fountain of the Masks) in the Pratolino. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Another frog living beneath the giant. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz/Joshua Albers.

The giant gets two pictures, because look at him. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.