“For her to be able to just stand there and express nothing, just to be present in the moment, is a really powerful statement,” he said.

The sculpture was created for the Burning Man festival in 2015 but is being repurposed for Catharsis on the Mall, a gathering in Washington that seeks to bring about social change. Organizers plan to install it over six days in November and leave it in place until March.

It will cost $90,000 to move R-Evolution and install it. As of Monday morning, a campaign on a crowdfunding website had raised 30 percent of the money to transport the sculpture.

Mr. Cochrane’s collaborator and partner, Julia Whitelaw, said the sculpture’s positioning on the National Mall was not directed at the Trump administration. She said Catharsis on the Mall organizers had discussed bringing the sculpture to Washington before Mr. Trump was elected.

Even so, she added, President Trump has made derogatory comments about women. “We are hoping that he will see this sculpture and come experience her and change his perspective,” she said.