Homage to Jerusalem is a 1977 sculpture by Alexander Calder in Holland Square, near Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. It is at the corner of Kiryat Yovel Street and Ein Karem at a view point overlooking the Jerusalem Forest.
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When Alexander Calder visited Israel in 1975 with his wife, the Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek asked him to create a sculpture for Jerusalem. The chosen site for the sculpture was the northeastern slope of Mount Herzl.[1] It was made of bolted sheet metal and painted bright red.[2]
The stabile's components were crated and sent to Israel by boat for on‐the-spot reassembly.[3]
When construction began on the Jerusalem light railway, the sculpture was relocated to a site opposite Shaare Zedek Medical Center.[4]
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