This occasional series of blog posts will highlight the most important outdoor sculptures in New York City and provide some historical and art-historical context. To read other blog posts in…
This occasional series of blog posts will highlight the most important of the outdoor sculptures in New York City and provide some historical and art-historical context. To read other blog…
This occasional series of blog posts will highlight the most important of the outdoor sculptures in New York City and provide some historical and art-historical context. To read other blog…
The occasional series of blog posts that starts this week will highlight the most important of the outdoor sculptures in New York City and provide some historical and art-historical context.…
Roth, Mother Goose. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante Date: 1938Sculptor: Frederick George Richard RothMedium & size: Granite, lifesize.Location: Central Park near East Drive at 72nd St.,…
MacMonnies, Nathan Hale, 1890. City Hall Park. Photos copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante MacMonnies's sculpture of Nathan Hale faces City Hall: in fact, it stands almost where Civic Virtue…
This ten-part series is based on a walking tour I offered some years ago. Click “NYC walking tour” in the tag cloud for others in the series. Look for videos on…
This ten-part series is based on a walking tour I offered some years ago. Click “NYC walking tour” in the tag cloud for others in the series. Look for videos on…
This ten-part series is based on a walking tour I offered some years ago. Click "NYC walking tour" in the tag cloud for others in the series. Look for videos…
Date: 1893 Sculptor: George Edwin BissellMedium & size: Bronze, 9 feet on a 6-foot pedestal. Location: Trinity Church graveyard, facing Broadway. George Edwin Bissell, John Watts, Jr., 1893. Trinity Church,…