Large Arch
Large Arch536 5th Street
Columbus, Indiana 47201
United States
Henry Moore
1971
Bronze, patinated
Cleo Rogers Memorial Library Plaza
An abstract gateway inspired by Stonehenge rises in sinuous bronze. Passing through the arch, visitors experience the contrast between Moore’s organic curves and the crisp geometry of the library and church. One of Columbus’s earliest and most iconic modern artworks. Generations of local children have referred to the piece as “the dinosaur bone”.
Gift of J. Irwin and Xenia Miller.
Henry Moore (1898–1986) was a leading British sculptor whose semi‑abstract bronzes and stones defined modern public art worldwide.
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