BIG ART PARTNERS

Documented artwork / public sculpture

Big Mo

Mark di Suvero

Credit as documented: Mark di Suvero

Big Mo stands in Tom Hanafan River's Edge Park on the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri River. The Iowa West Foundation places Mark di Suvero's sculpture near the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge and explains the importance of bridges to his thinking. He associates their spanning structures with connections between people and places. The riverside setting therefore supplies more than a backdrop: it connects the work's steel construction to a nearby working example of structural crossing.

Saves on this device.
Already working on a project?Adds directly to your existing saved project and keeps its brief intact.

Documented work. Current availability, ownership and installation requirements must be confirmed with the artist.

See the documented project and images

Verified artwork image for Big Mo
Verified artwork imageImage: iowawestfoundation.org ↗© 2026 Iowa West Foundation (as credited at source)Artwork: Mark di Suvero. Photographer not identified in the reviewed source. (as credited at source)

At a glance

Year / version
2010–2014 (artist index)
Materials
steel, stainless steel, painted steel
Documented setting
outdoor
Dimensions
Not documented
Dimensions apply to
No normalized dimensions adopted; artist index has ambiguous unit formatting.
Availability
Unconfirmed

Places & versions

Installation history

Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.

  1. Date not documented

    Tom Hanafan River's Edge Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa

    Installation source

Materials and construction

The artist's public sculpture index dates Big Mo to 2010–2014 and lists steel, stainless steel and painted steel. Its dimension line has inconsistent unit formatting, so no converted measurement is adopted.

Presentation and site context

The Foundation locates the work in the riverfront park close to the Missouri River and the pedestrian bridge, within Council Bluffs' public art program.

From a reference to your project

Keep the idea.
Shape the brief.

Save this reference to your shortlist while you explore. Review your selection, then carry the references you choose into a commissioning brief for your site, audience, timing and open questions.

Your shortlist is saved on this device. Saving a reference does not contact the artist or reserve a work. Participation, availability, price and site suitability need confirmation.

View shortlist Build brief from shortlist Discuss a project with this reference Open full planning workspace Use the project worksheet Suggest a correction or provide an artist update
Outdoor sculpture & installations ↗

Plan the next step

How to plan an outdoor sculpture loan ↗How to prepare a site brief for large-scale public art ↗

Sources