Public Works
As a tribute to Niki de Saint Phalle, her work is currently on display outdoors in the center of Park Avenue from 52nd Street to 60th Street in New York City through November 2012.
Many of Niki de Saint Phalle's sculptures are large and some of them are exhibited in public places, including:
- Miles Davis statue outside of Hotel Negresco in Nice, France.
- Stravinsky Fountain (or Fontaine des automates) near the Centre Pompidou, Paris (1982)—also featuring works of Jean Tinguely
- La fountaine Château-Chinon, at Château-Chinon, Nièvre. Collaboration with Jean Tinguely
- L'Ange Protecteur in the hall of the Zürich Hauptbahnhof
- Nanas, along the Leibnizufer in Hannover (1974).
- Queen Califias Magic Circle, a sculpture garden in Kit Carson Park, Escondido, California
- Sun God (1983), a fanciful winged creature next to the Faculty Club on the campus of the University of California, San Diego as a part of the Stuart Collection of public art.
- La Lune, A sculpture located inside the Brea Mall in Brea, California.
- Nikigator, A sculpture on The Prado, Balboa Park in San Diego, California.
- #19 Baseball Player, a sculpture on loan to The San Diego Hall of Champions, Balboa Park, San Diego
- Coming Together, San Diego convention center
- Grotto at the Royal Herrenhäuser Gardens in Hannover, Germany
- Cyclop in Milly-La-Forêt, France—collaborative monumental sculpture with Jean Tinguely, a.o.
- Golem in Jerusalem
- Noah's Ark collaborative sculpture park with Swiss architect Mario Botta at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
- Lebensretter-Brunnen / Lifesaver Fountain in Duisburg, Germany
- l’Oiseau de Feu Sur l’Arch / Firebird (literally, “Bird of Fire on an Arch”), in Bechtler Plaza in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Miss Black Power in the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan
- La Tempérance (1992) in Centre Hamilius, Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg (this work is currently in storage as the site is being demolished).
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