The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Roy Lichtenstein on the Roof

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The Cantor Roof Garden

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden opened to the public in 1987. Annual installations have featured selections of modern sculpture from the Metropolitan Museum's collection and, most recently, presentations of works by the artists Ellsworth Kelly (1998), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1999), David Smith (2000), Joel Shapiro (2001), and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen (2002). The 2003 installation was devoted to brightly colored cast or fabricated sculpture conceived by the esteemed American artist Roy Lichtenstein in the 1990s, before he died from pneumonia in 1997.

The Cantor Roof Garden is open to the public from May through late fall, as weather permits. Sandwiches and beverage service—including espresso, cappuccino, iced tea, soft drinks, wine, and beer—are available at the Roof Garden daily from 10:00 a.m. until closing.

	Select an image below to learn more about past Roof Garden installations.





	"Oldenburg and van Bruggen on the Roof"





	"Joel Shapiro on the Roof"





	"David Smith on the Roof"

Banner image: House III, 1997 (fabricated 2002). Painted and fabricated aluminum, edition 1/1; 13'1" x 17'6" x 5' (398.8 x 533.4 x 152.4 cm). Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Collection. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein.

Images, from top to bottom: Plantoir, 2001. Claes Oldenburg (American, born Sweden, 1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (American, born The Netherlands, 1942). Stainless steel, aluminum, fiber-reinforced plastic, painted with polyurethane enamel, edition 3/3; 23'11" x 4'5" x 4'9" (723.9 x 134.6 x 144.8 cm). Collection Meredith Corporation, courtesy of PaceWildenstein. Untitled, 2000–2001. Joel Shapiro (American, born 1941). Oil paint on cast aluminum, edition 1/4; 12' x 8' 3" x 6' (365.8 x 251.5 x 182.9 cm). Partial and Promised Gift of Dee Dee and Herb Glimcher, 2001 (2001.201). © 2001 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Cubi XXI, 1964. David Smith (American, 1906–1965). Stainless steel; 119 1/2" x 43" x 37 1/2" (303.5 x 109.2 x 95.3 cm). The Lipman Family Foundation Inc. Art © Est. David Smith/VAGA, NY, NY.

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