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Sphere Within a Sphere
Amaldo Pomodoro, 1999
Three Cairns
Andy Goldsworthy, 2002
Until the Woods Began to Move
Anna Gaskell, 2006-11
6th Avenue Bridge Project
Artist to be selected, 2012-13
Solitary Journey: Morning, Noon, Dusk, Night
Astrid Preston, 1992
Untitled Relief
Attributed to Christian Petersen, 1924
Disney Murals
Attributed to Milton Erwin Kahl, 1944
Prototype for Utility Cabinet
Au King, 2011
The Puzzle of Life
Barri J. Lester, 2003
Thinker on a Rock
Barry Flanagan, 1997
Animal Pyramid
Bruce Nauman, 1990
Man and Pegasus
Carl Milles, 1949
In the Morning
Caro Anthony, 1986
6th Avenue Corridor Project
Chaden Halfhill and others to be determined, 2010 ongoing
John Ruan, Sr.
Chas Fagan, 2011
Plantoir
Claes Oldenburg, 2001
Crusoe Umbrella
Claes Oldenburg, 1979
Untitled Mural
Concetta Morales, 2004
Landscape Piece #1
Dale Eldred, 1965
Hand and Land: Fingerprint
David B. Dahlquist, 2007
Paragon Prairie
David B. Dahlquist, 2008
Echo-Obelisk
David B. Dahlquist, 2002
Iowa Made: By Land and Hand
David B. Dahlquist, 2002
High Trestle Trail Bridge
David B. Dahlquist, 2011
Hall of Pride Mural
David B. Dahlquist, 2009
The Theater
David B. Kraisler, 1991
Juno
Debora Butterfield, 1989
Ancient Forest
Deborah Butterfield, 2009
Untitled
Doug Shelton, 1990
Les Vents
Edward Lee Hendricks, 1986
XII
Edward Lee Hendricks, 1983
Westward
Edwin Howland Blashfield, 1905
Untitled
Ellsworth Kelly, 1994
Dephinus
Eric Jean-Marie, 1995
US Senator William Boyd Allison Monument
Evelyn Beatrice Longman, 1916
Folded Circle Zig
Fletcher Benton, 1988
Lincoln and Tad
Fred Torrey, 1961
Back of Snowman (White)
Gary Hume, 2002
Back of Snowman (Black)
Gary Hume, 2002
Joy of Music
George Lundeen, 1994
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil War Monument
Harriet A. Ketcham, 1892
A Social History of Des Moines
Harry Donald Jones, 1941
Three Way Piece No. 1: Points
Henry Moore, 1964-65
The Birth Place of Des Moines
Hilde DeBruyne, 2010
Untitled Sculptural Mural
Ivan Chermayeff, 1971
Shattering Silence
James Ellwanger, 2009
Untitled
James Rosati, 1974
Last Breath
James Turrell, 1990
Nomade
Jaume Plensa, 2007
Yesterday
jd hansen, 2006
Leap of Faith
Jesse Small, 2009
Granite Tree
Jesús Bautista Moroles, Date Unknown
Untitled
Jim Campbell, Date Unknown
Untitled
Joel Shapiro, 1985
Untitled
Joel Shapiro, 2003
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
John Collier, 2011
Post Balzac
Judith Shea, 1990
Five Dangos
Jun Kaneko, 2001- 2009
Untitled Mural
Jun Kaneko, 2012
Untitled (Pioneer group)
Karl Gerhardt, 1890
Untitled (Three Dancing Figures, version C)
Keith Haring, 1989, fabricated 2009
A Monumental Journey
Kerry James Marshall, Date Unknown
Spider
Louise Bourgeois, 1997
Five Stones, One Tree
Luther Utterback, 1979
Prairie Winds
Mac Hornecker, 1996
Hills, Fields, Wind, and Rain
Mac Hornecker, 2005
Prairie Emergence
Mac Hornecker, 2006
The Big Question
Mags Harris, 2007
T8
Mark di Suvero, 1985
Decoy
Martin Puryear, 1990
Greenwood Pond: Double Site
Mary Miss, 1989-1996
A Shift in the Stream
Maya Lin, 1995-97
Column of Change
Michael Pavovsky, 1996
Iowa Workers Monument
Michael Stutz, Date Unknown
Rack ‘n’ Roll (bicycle racks)
Multiple artists, 2006
Slides
Norie Sato, 2005
Primavera III
Peter Chinni, 1965
Life Flight Crew Memorial
Rebecca Eckstrand, 1983
Victory Victory
Richard Hunt, 2004
Standing Stones
Richard Serra, 1989
Five Plate Pentagon
Richard Serra, 1986
Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens
Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens, 2009
Cosmic Seed
Ronald Bladen, 1977
Quantum Leaf
Sally Pettus, 2007
What We Love About Clive
Sarah Grant, 2009
Seating for Eight / Café Table I
Scott Burton, Designed 1985/1984, fabricated 1989-90/1992
Untitled
Shirley Wyrick, Date Unknown
Temple Chess & Poetry Garden
Siah Armajani, 2006
Wall Drawing 1238, Worlds and Twirls
Sol LeWitt, 2007
Wall Drawing #601, Forms Derived from the Cube
Sol LeWitt, 1989
Modular Piece
Sol LeWitt, 1969
Des Moines Color Field
STRETCH, Date Unknown
Allée
Stuart Davis, 1955
Harmony Line
TJ Moberg, 2010
Order
Tony Cragg, 1989
Marriage
Tony Smith, 1961
Willy
Tony Smith, 1962
Moonrise, east. january
Ugo Rondinone, 2005
Moonrise, east. august
Ugo Rondinone, 2006
Air Gets Into Everything Even Nothing
Ugo Rondinone, 2006
Family at Corner
Unknown, Date Unknown
West Pediment
Unknown, 1879
A World of Possibilities
Viola Frey, Date Unknown
Gymnast III
William G. Tucker , 1985
Reclining Figure
Williem de Kooning, 1969-82
White Ghost
Yoshitomo Nara, 2010
