Houston's Cloud Column by the numbers

Thursday, March 29, 2018
THE NUMBERS: Houston's Cloud Column

HOUSTON, Texas -- There's big buzz around Houston's newest art installation, Cloud Column. You can see it now at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Here are the numbers behind what it took to get Houston's "bean" installed:

21,000 pounds - The total weight of Anish Kapoor's Cloud Column

6,000 pounds - The weight of the metallic cage that protected installation during transportation

650 tons - Total weight of the crane used to lift and position the art piece

32 feet - The height of Cloud Column

5 hours - How long it took the crew to position Cloud Column

6 hours - How long it took one member of Kapoor's London installation team to buff the entire stainless-steel surface

Millions - Estimated number of selfies that will be taken with the sculpture

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