Date: 1968 Sculptor: Irwin GluskerMedium & size: Bronze; two figures in a small boat (about one foot square), on a three-foot bronze and granite pedestal. Location: Central Park, just east…
Except for the four brutally practical transverse roads, the only straight line in the Greensward plan is the Mall. Vaux and Olmsted thought a grand promenade was essential for a…
Jacob Wrey Mould (1825-1886) was a bit of a beast. George Templeton Strong, who admired him, called him “ugly and uncouth.” A leading architectural magazine labeled him “brilliant, accomplished, ingenious,…
Dedicated 1927Sculptor: Edmond T. QuinnMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize.Location: Central Park Mall, across from the Bandstand, near Beethoven. Edmond T. Quinn, Victor Herbert, 1927. Central Park, New York.…
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Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerDate of dedication: 1859 Sculptor: C.L. RichterMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize. Location: Central Park, west and slightly north of the bandshell, just north of…
Date: 1866, dedicated 1869 Sculptor: John Quincy Adams WardMedium & size: Bronze, over lifesize.Location: Central Park, between the Mall (including Shakespeare & friends) and Sheep Meadow. John Quincy Adams Ward,…
Date: 1872Sculptor: Sir John SteellMedium & size: Bronze, over lifesizeLocation: Central Park, north of the 65th St. Traverse. If the city streets grid continued in the Park, it would be…
Fitz-Greene HalleckDate: 1877Sculptor: James Wilson Alexander MacDonaldMedium & size: Bronze, over lifesize.Location: Central Park, on the Mall, north of the 65th St. Traverse. If the city streets grid continued in…
The sculpture Artist: Georg John LoberDate: 1955Material & size: Bronze, over life-size; granite pedestalLocation: Burnham Park, Morristown, New Jersey, just off Washington Street at Colonial Road. These views of the…