| Conversation with the Wind (Colloquio col Vento) | |
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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 |
| Coordinates | 29°43′36.8″N95°23′25.9″W / 29.726889°N 95.390528°W /29.726889; -95.390528 |
Conversation with the Wind (Colloquio col Vento), or simplyConversation with the Wind, is a 1962kinetic steel sculpture by Italian artistPietro Consagra,[1] installed at theMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston's (MFAH)Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in theU.S. state ofTexas. 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]
According to his daughter, Consagra proposed painting the badly rusted sculpture for restorative purposes.[3]
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