Documented artwork / monumental abstract steel sculpture
Tatlin's Sentinel
Credit as documented: John Henry
Tatlin's Sentinel is John Henry's monumental painted-steel composition in Dallas's arts district. The title acknowledges Vladimir Tatlin and the Constructivist tradition. Its large uprights form spaces that viewers can stand within, connecting the sculpture's scale with the artist's interest in cathedral architecture. The artist archive dates the work to 2001 and describes fabrication over a year at the Chattanooga studio. It subsequently appeared in the 2002 New Monuments exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2001
- Materials
- painted steel
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- 101 feet high × 45 feet wide × 40 feet deep; over 60 tons.
- Dimensions apply to
- Artist archive's whole-sculpture measurements and mass; no foundation or transport envelope is supplied.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2002 exhibition
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri
- Site
- Laumeier Sculpture Park
- Event
- New Monuments
- Start year
- 2002
- Date meaning
- listing
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Installation year not stated
Hall Arts District, Dallas, Texas
- Site
- Hall Arts District
- City
- Dallas
- State / region
- TX
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Historical siting
- permanent
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
Three tractor-trailer loads carried the sculpture to that exhibition. The archive reports a height of 101 feet and mass above sixty tons. After the year-long exhibition and a further studio display, the work was installed permanently in Dallas; an exact Dallas installation year is not supplied.
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Sources
- www.johnhenrysculpture.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.johnhenrysculpture.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17