American, born China, 1933
Eviva Amore, 2001 Steel, Overall: 424 x 564 x 360in., 22500lb. (1077 x 1432.6 x 914.4cm, 10205.9kg)
Other (I-beam 6): 18 5/8 x 11 3/16 x 180in., 1300lb. (47.3 x 28.4 x 457.2cm, 589.7kg)
Other (I-beam 7): 12 x 12 x 346in., 2300lb. (30.5 x 30.5 x 878.8cm, 1043.3kg)
Other (I-beam 8): 12 x 12 x 276in., 1800lb. (30.5 x 30.5 x 701cm, 816.5kg)
Other (Joint with arcs): 120 x 120in., 7800lb. (304.8 x 304.8cm, 3538.1kg)
Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Dallas, Texas
2001.A.03
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Mark di Suvero's monumental steel sculptures expand to architectural scale the constructivist explorations begun by Pablo Picasso, Julio González, and David Smith in the first half of the 20th century. With beams thrusting outward from a central core, Eviva Amore (Long Live Love) is an exclamation of passion in raw, weathered steel. The 22,000 pound structure spans 47 feet. Welded and bolted together, its carefully balanced, cantilevered elements give the sculpture both an industrial quality and elegant grace. Other examples of di Suvero's work in Dallas include In the Bushes, also at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Ave at the Dallas Museum of Art, and Proverb, on loan from the artist to the Meyerson Symphony Center and visible from our terrace.