Many member
states have presented works of art to the United Nations or other organizations
in the UN system. Some of them were also put on a postage stamp.
The photo shows the Foucault Pendulum in the General
Assembly Lobby, a gift by the Netherlands in 1955.
Links
The United Nations Art Collection in Wikipedia.
Article Art… at
home in the United Nations by Ed Marks, UN Chronicle (Winter 1998).
Information on the Foucault Pendulum in the UN
Virtual Tour.
Related items - artists
Related items - works of art
Let
us beat our swords into ploughshares
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last revised: 9 September 2010