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Cleveland Venus by Jim Dine
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.
Cleveland Venus
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.

Cleveland Venus

Artist
Year2003
Classification sculpture
Medium bronze
Dimensions37 ft. (1127.7 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location


  • Above the entrance to Cleveland's new 22-story Carl B. Stokes Federal Courthouse stands an imposing, 37-foot-tall bronze figurative sculpture by Jim Dine, the internationally acclaimed Ohio-born artist.  Boldly integrated into the building's most prominent elevation, the statue serves as a beacon for the site overlooking the Cuyahoga River at the intersection of Huron Road and Superior Avenue.  The largest of all of Dine's sculptures, it was inspired by the "Venus de Milo," a masterpiece of the 2nd century BC, discovered in 1820 on the Greek island of Melos and now displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris.