Brick House
Project Added: November 15, 2020
Brick House sculpture on display in NYC
Image courtesy of Timothy Schenck
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Brick House is a 16 ft. tall bronze and clay sculpture by artist Simone Leigh. The sculpture is an African American woman with a skirt made in the style of Batammaliba architecture from Benin and Togo. The piece was the 2nd Black Female Sculpture in NYC along with Harriett Tubman in Harlem.