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Niki's powerful, playful females decorated with hearts and flowers, called Nanas, are among her best known works. These voluptuous ladies have appeared in museums and outdoor sculpture exhibitions around the world.

Nana is French for the word chick or babe in American slang. Niki celebrated women as sources of life and vitality. She herself fit the popular cultures notion of beauty. As a teenager, she appeared as a fashion model on the covers of Life, Time and Vogue magazines. But Niki looked beyond the surface to what she felt was beauty's true source and a persons inner being.

Outside the Linnean House, Les Trois Grāces dance joyfully in the reflecting pools. Les Trois Grāces are based on a theme from Greek mythology. These ladies were also inspired by Matisse's La Danse.

Sculpture info: Date completed: 1999 Origin: France Medium: Polyester, ceramic tile, and mirrored mosaic Height: 8 ft. Weight: 595 lbs. each

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