Given as a gift to the City by Frank Ribelin during the construction of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, De Música weighs an impressive 73 tons and was the first major public work by this internationally renowned artist in the United States. Composed of two COR-TEN® steel cylinders each sporting branchlike appendages that reach towards each other, but do not touch, the sculpture can be seen as figures, perhaps musicians who work individually, but also in concert with one another. Developed with the collaboration of architect I.M. Pei, the sculpture was designed specifically for its current site in front of the Meyerson Symphony Center. The artist, Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) was a Spanish sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker. He has been widely exhibited internationally and is well known for monumental abstract works. Chillida's work can be found in the collections of more than 20 museums worldwide. Numerous retrospective exhibitions have been celebrated in Houston, Berlin, Madrid, Caracas, London and Palermo. Chillida attended the dedication of the De Música at the Meyerson, along with the building's architect, I.M. Pei.
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