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Ginkgo

Daniel Popper's Ginkgo: a blue-green cast aluminum woman's face with closed eyes, framed by large ginkgo leaves, in a garden at The Morton Arboretum.
Artwork FileLisle, United States

Ginkgo

MovedFeb 2025

Daniel Popper · 2022 · Lisle, Illinois

Artwork by Daniel Popper. Image from Street Art Utopia; photographer and camera date unconfirmed.

Ginkgo is a cast aluminum sculpture by South African artist Daniel Popper: a calm woman's face, eyes closed, framed by 100 ginkgo leaves. It stood outside the Visitor Center at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, in 2022–2023, made to mark the Arboretum's 100 years. According to the artist, it is now a permanent piece at the Elser Hotel in Miami. Source Source Source Reported

Moved Feb 2025 — evidence dated 2025-02-25. The artist said in February 2025 that Ginkgo is now a permanent feature of the Elser Hotel in Miami. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. 100 leaves for 100 yearsThe face is framed by 100 ginkgo leaves, one for each year of the Arboretum, which turned 100 in 2022. Source Checked
  2. By the front doorAn Arboretum spokesperson said Ginkgo stood outside the Visitor Center and was special because it marked the 100th anniversary. Source Reported
  3. Part of Human+NatureIt was one of three sculptures added in 2022 to the five that opened Popper's Human+Nature show at the Arboretum. Source Checked
  4. Now in MiamiThe artist's site says Ginkgo is now a permanent feature of the Elser Hotel in Miami; an earlier post of his named E11EVEN MIAMI. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Shown outside the Visitor Center at The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois, United States, in 2022–2023. The artist says it is now at the Elser Hotel in Miami. Source Source Reported

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 202214 Jun

    Ginkgo shown in the 2022 expansion · My Modern Met

  2. 202217 Jun

    Outside the Visitor Center · NCTV17

  3. 202217 Jun

    Three new sculptures unveiled, incl. cast aluminum Ginkgo · Secret Chicago

  4. 202221 Jun

    Arboretum interview with the artist

  5. 202527 Jan

    Artist: now permanent at E11EVEN MIAMI; Arboretum photos from 2022–2023

  6. 202525 Feb

    Artist: permanent at the Elser Hotel, Miami

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

🗞️ In the sources

My Modern Met14 June 2022

“the masklike face of a woman is framed by ginkgo leaves”

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✅ The facts

Artist
Daniel Popper Source Checked
Material
Cast aluminum Source Checked
Height
8 feet (about 2.4 m) Source Checked
Shown at
The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, 2022–2023 Source Checked
Meaning
100 ginkgo leaves for the Arboretum's 100 years Source Checked
Now
Elser Hotel, Miami (artist's site); a Jan 2025 post said E11EVEN MIAMI Source Conflicting

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