Brick House (Leigh)

Brick House is a 16-foot (4.9 m) tall bronze bust of a black woman by Simone Leigh, installed along New York City's High Line in 2019.[2][3][4][5]

Brick House
The bust at the High Line in Manhattan in 2019 .
Artist	Simone Leigh
Year	2019
Medium	Bronze sculpture
Subject	Black woman
Dimensions	490 cm (16 ft); 270 cm diameter (9 ft)( at the base)
Weight	5,900 pounds[1]
Location	New York City Philadelphia

Another copy of the sculpture was installed at the main entrance of the University of Pennsylvania in November 2020.[6][7]

References

1. "New Statue By Artist Simone Leigh Greets Students On Penn Campus". 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
2. "Brick House". The High Line.
3. "The Making of Brick House". The High Line. January 14, 2019.
4. Aridi, Sara (April 4, 2019). "'Brick House' Is Installed at the High Line" – via NYTimes.com.
5. Mellin, Haley (June 6, 2019). "Simone Leigh's 'Brick House' Is the Best Thing in the Hudson Yards Area".
6. Gross, Hannah (November 11, 2020). "Penn's latest campus sculpture aims to celebrate Black womanhood". www.thedp.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
7. "Towering bronze sculpture by renowned artist Simone Leigh installed at the entrance to Penn's campus". artdaily.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.