Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum)
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Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum) is a monumental outdoor sculpture by Barnett Newman, featuring an inverted obelisk balanced on a pyramid base, installed near the Seattle Art Museum.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Broken Obelisk (Rothko Chapel) | 1 |
| Broken Obelisk (Rothko Chapel, Houston) | 1 |
| Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum) canonical | 1 |
| Broken Obelisk (University of Washington, Seattle) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum) Context triple: [Broken Obelisk, hasEdition, Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum)]
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Seattle Art Museum
The Seattle Art Museum is a major cultural institution in downtown Seattle known for its diverse global art collections, rotating exhibitions, and prominent role in the city’s arts scene.
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Bellevue Arts Museum
Bellevue Arts Museum is a contemporary art, craft, and design museum in downtown Bellevue, Washington, known for its rotating exhibitions and focus on regional and international artists.
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Portland Art Museum
The Portland Art Museum is a major art institution in Portland, Oregon, known for its extensive collections of Native American, Northwest, and international art, as well as rotating special exhibitions.
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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum in Washington State known for showcasing works by regional artists from the Puget Sound area.
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Stone of Hope sculpture
The Stone of Hope sculpture is the central carved likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. that visitors pass through at his Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his enduring legacy and vision for civil rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum) Target entity description: Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum) is a monumental outdoor sculpture by Barnett Newman, featuring an inverted obelisk balanced on a pyramid base, installed near the Seattle Art Museum.
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A.
Seattle Art Museum
The Seattle Art Museum is a major cultural institution in downtown Seattle known for its diverse global art collections, rotating exhibitions, and prominent role in the city’s arts scene.
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Bellevue Arts Museum
Bellevue Arts Museum is a contemporary art, craft, and design museum in downtown Bellevue, Washington, known for its rotating exhibitions and focus on regional and international artists.
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C.
Portland Art Museum
The Portland Art Museum is a major art institution in Portland, Oregon, known for its extensive collections of Native American, Northwest, and international art, as well as rotating special exhibitions.
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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum in Washington State known for showcasing works by regional artists from the Puget Sound area.
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Stone of Hope sculpture
The Stone of Hope sculpture is the central carved likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. that visitors pass through at his Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his enduring legacy and vision for civil rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
abstract sculpture
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| artist | Barnett Newman ⓘ |
| collection | Seattle Art Museum ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts | inverted obelisk ⓘ |
| features | inverted obelisk balanced on a pyramid base ⓘ |
| genre | minimalist art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
inverted obelisk
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pyramid base ⓘ |
| installedNear | Seattle Art Museum ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Seattle ⓘ |
| material | Cor-ten steel ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract Expressionism
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linked to:
Abstract expressionism
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| orientation | inverted ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Broken Obelisk (series)
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linked to:
Broken Obelisk
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| publicAccess | outdoors ⓘ |
| setting | urban plaza ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Broken Obelisk (Rothko Chapel)
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linked to:
Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum)
Broken Obelisk (University of Washington) ⓘ
linked to:
Broken Obelisk
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| subjectOf | art historical analysis of Barnett Newman’s sculpture series "Broken Obelisk" ⓘ |
| title | Broken Obelisk ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum) Description of subject: Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum) is a monumental outdoor sculpture by Barnett Newman, featuring an inverted obelisk balanced on a pyramid base, installed near the Seattle Art Museum.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum)
linked to: Broken Obelisk (Seattle Art Museum)
Broken Obelisk (Museum of Modern Art, New York, former)
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