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Main Entrance & Parking Area

Norton Simon’s love of Auguste Rodin’s work becomes evident even before visitors set foot on the Museum property, for the artist’s most iconic sculpture, The Thinker, sits prominently on the Museum’s southwest grounds, overlooking Colorado Boulevard and adjacent to a dramatic coral tree. After passing Barbara Hepworth’s powerful Four Square (Walk Through) in the Museum’s parking area, nestled amid a sea of germander shrubs, you will encounter seven more works by Rodin near the Museum’s entrance, including the monumental Burghers of Calais. The north corner of the front walkway is home to works by such 20th-century artists as Peter Voulkos, Richard Serra and Robert Rauschenberg. Trees found in the front garden include Mexican sycamores, and several goldenrain, jacaranda, crape myrtle, Canary Island pine and Tipuana tipu trees. 

Featured Sculptures:

Auguste Rodin
 
The Walking Man Barbara Hepworth, Four Square (Walkthrough)
The Burghers of Calais  Robert Rauschenberg, Green Shirt
Saint John the Baptist Herbert Ferber, Egremont II
Pierre de Wissant, Vetu Peter Voulkos, Black Butte Divide
Pierre de Wissant, Nude       Richard Serra, Base Plate Deflection-In It and Out It
Jean de Fiennes, Vetu  
The Thinker  
Monument to Balzac  

Featured Plants

#1 Chinese flame tree
Koelreuteria bipinnata
#9 Jacaranda
Jacaranda mimosifolia
#10 Wall germander
Teucrium chamaedrys
#11 Mexican Sycamore
Platanus mexicana

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Pasadena, California 91105

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