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Three Quarter Time

Artist

Ben Woitena

American 1942

Material

Painted Steel

Dimensions

180 x 300 x 120 inches
(457.2 x 762 x 304.8 cm)

Date

1975

Location

Memorial Park
6501 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77007

A distinctive landmark of the Memorial Park landscape since 1984, Three Quarter Time is the work of San Antonio sculptor Ben Woitena. The welded steel composition is painted a bright red, which is offset every spring by a natural lawn of bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas. Memorial Park’s Living Bridge, which is draped in green plants, is its year-round backdrop. Woitena’s abstract works can be found across the state, including in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and at Terminal E at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, among many other important collections. Three Quarter Time was last restored in 1996.