Tempest Facing Balcony is an outdoor sculpture by American artist Tony Smith. The sculpture, made of painted steel, is located at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The sculpture is composed of a large, flat, steel plate that is tilted upward at a 45-degree angle and stands 11 feet (3.4 m) high. The plate is pierced by a vertical steel shaft that extends from the bottom to the top of the sculpture.
The sculpture was commissioned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1969 and was installed …