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The following public artworks have been displayed in [[Manhattan]], New York City:
{{Short description|List of public artworks in Manhattan, New York, U.S.}}


[[File:Columbus and AOL Time Warner.jpg|thumb|[[Columbus Monument (New York City)|Columbus Monument]]]]
* Statues of [[Giovanni da Verrazzano]], [[John Ambrose]] and [[John Ericsson]] in [[Battery Park]].
[[File:Henry Kirke Brown George Washington statue by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|[[Equestrian statue of George Washington (New York City)|Equestrian statue of George Washington]]]]
* The ''[[Charging Bull]]'' and ''[[Fearless Girl]]'' of [[Bowling Green (New York City)|Bowling Green Plaza]].
[[File:Columbia University, NYC (June 2014) - 27 cropped.jpg|thumb|''[[The Great God Pan (sculpture)|The Great God Pan]]'']]
* [[Statue of John Watts|John Watts]] outside [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]] Cemetery.
[[File:Harriet Tubman statue morning jeh.jpg|thumb|[[Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York City)|Harriet Tubman Memorial]]]]
* Saint [[Elizabeth Ann Seton]] mounted on her shrine at [[James Watson House|7 State Street]].
[[File:Peace Fountain - panoramio.jpg|thumb|''[[Peace Fountain]]'']]
*[[Statue of George Washington (Federal Hall)|George Washington]] outside [[Federal Hall]].
[[File:Balto (4688256007).jpg|thumb|[[Statue of Balto]]]]
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] outside [[Pace University]].
*[[Nathan Hale]] outside [[New York City Hall|City Hall]].
*[[Statue of Horace Greeley (Herald Square)]]
*[[Statue of Horace Greeley (City Hall Park)|Horace Greeley]] outside [[New York City Hall|City Hall]] Park and
* [[Lajos Kossuth]] in [[Riverside Park (Manhattan)|Riverside Park]]
* [[Vladimir Lenin]] at Houston Street between Avenues A and B
* [[Patrick Joseph Hayes]] at St. Andrew's Church near Duane Street.
* [[Confucius]] located in the [[Confucius Plaza]] at Bowery and Division Streets.
* [[Lin Zexu]] located in the Lin Zexu Square at East Broadway and [[Chatham Square, Manhattan|Chatham Square]].
* Governor [[Al Smith]] located in the [[Al Smith]] playground at Monroe and Catherine Streets.
* Mayor [[Fiorello La Guardia]] at Madison and Jefferson Streets and at LaGuardia Place north of [[Bleecker Street]]
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]] in [[Union Square (New York City)|Union Square]]
* [[Sergio Rossetti Morosini|Michelangelo Buonarroti]], Façade of the [[National Arts Club]], 15 Gramercy Park South. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo_bust.jpg#Summary]
* [[Sergio Rossetti Morosini|Winged Lioness]], Façade NYC Landmark Brockholst Building, 101 W 85th Street and Columbus Ave., NY, NY 10024.[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winged_Lioness,_stone,_Brockholst_Landmark_bldg._sculpted_by_Sergio_Rossetti_Morosini._(photo_Tom_Miller).jpg#Summary]
* [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], [[Alexander Lyman Holley|Alexander Holley]] and [[George Washington]] in [[Washington Square Park]]
* Governor [[Daniel Tompkins]] and Governor [[Peter Stuyvesant]] in [[St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery]] at 2nd Avenue and 10th Street
* [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]] off 5th Avenue north of [[Washington Square Park]]
* [[Samuel J. Tilden]], 112th Street and [[Riverside Drive (Manhattan)|Riverside Drive]]
* [[Franz Sigel]], 106th Street and Riverside Drive
* General [[Philip Sheridan]] in [[Sheridan Square]] 7th Avenue South, near 4th and Christopher Streets.
* [[Peter Cooper]] in Peter Cooper Square on East 7th Street.
* [[Jackie Gleason]] (in the role of bus driver [[The Honeymooners#Ralph Kramden|Ralph Kramden]]) outside the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]]
*''[[Alamo (sculpture)|Alamo]]'', the balanced cube in [[Astor Place]]
*[[William Cullen Bryant]] in [[Bryant Park]]
*The [[Joan of Arc]] equestrian statue in [[Riverside Park (Manhattan)|Riverside Park]]
*[[Isamu Noguchi]]'s ''Cube'', in front of the [[Marine Midland Building]]
* [[Sergio Rossetti Morosini|Winged Gargoyle (Lioness)]], Façade of the [[Brockholst Building]], 101 W 85th Street, and Columbus Avenue, NY, NY 10024. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winged_Gargoyle-Sergio-Rossetti-Morosini.jpg]
*The ''[[Peace Fountain]]'' on the grounds of the [[Cathedral of St. John the Divine]]
*[[Eleanor Roosevelt]] at the corner of West 72nd Street and Riverside Drive in [[Riverside Park (Manhattan)|Riverside Park]]


The following public artworks have been displayed in [[Manhattan]] in New York City:
===Central Park===
{{Main|List of sculptures in Central Park}}
North of [[Conservatory Water]], the sailboat pond, there is a larger than life bronze statue of [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]], sitting on a huge mushroom, playing with her cat, while the [[the Hatter|Mad Hatter]] and the [[March Hare]] look on. Not too far away, just West of the model boat house, there is a statue of [[Hans Christian Andersen]], holding an open book, with the diminutive hero of [[The Ugly Duckling]] in front of him.


* ''[[5 in 1]]''
There are about a dozen other statues in the park and its Mall.
* [[107th Infantry Memorial]]
*''[[William Tecumseh Sherman (Saint-Gaudens)|General Sherman]]'', by [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]], at [[Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan)|Grand Army Plaza]], the southeast corner of Central Park
* [[Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (Manhattan)|Admiral David Glasgow Farragut]]
**''Abundance'' crowning the [[Pulitzer Fountain]] in the same plaza
* ''[[Alamo (sculpture)|Alamo]]''
*''[[Equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar (Central Park)‎‎|Simón Bolívar]]'' at the head of [[Avenue of the Americas]]
* ''[[Alma Mater (New York sculpture)|Alma Mater]]''
*''[[Equestrian statue of José Martí (Central Park)‎‎|José Martí]]'' flanking Bolivar
* ''[[Atlas (statue)|Atlas]]''
*''[[USS Maine National Monument]]'' at [[Columbus Circle]]
* [[Ballplayers House|Ballplayers House Frieze]]
*''[[King Jagiello Monument|King Jagiello]]'' next to [[Turtle Pond]]
* ''[[Bellerophon Taming Pegasus]]''
*''[[statue of Balto|Balto]]'' northwest of the Children's Zoo
* [[Bethesda Fountain]]
* ''[[Ludwig van Beethoven (Baerer)|Ludwig van Beethoven]]'' located in the [[Central Park Mall]]
* [[Burnett Memorial Fountain]]
* ''[[Bust of Victor Herbert|Victor Herbert]]'' facing the Naumburg Bandshell on the Mall
* [[Bust of Alexander Lyman Holley]]
* ''[[Bust of Giuseppe Mazzini|Giuseppe Mazzini]]'' overlooking the [[Sheep Meadow]]
* [[Bust of Giuseppe Mazzini]]
* [[Bust of Golda Meir]]
* [[Bust of Victor Herbert]]
* ''[[Charging Bull]]''
* [[Columbus Circle globe]]
* [[Columbus Monument (New York City)|Columbus Monument]]
* ''[[El Cid Campeador (sculpture)|El Cid Campeador]]''
* [[Delacorte Clock]]
* ''[[Double Check]]''
* ''[[Eagles and Prey]]''
* [[Eleanor Roosevelt Monument]]
* ''[[The Emperor Has No Balls]]''
* [[Equestrian statue of George Washington (New York City)|Equestrian statue of George Washington]]
* [[Equestrian statue of José de San Martín (Central Park)|Equestrian statue of José de San Martín]]
* [[Equestrian statue of José Martí (Central Park)|Equestrian statue of José Martí]]
* [[Equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar (Central Park)|Equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar]]
* [[Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt (New York City)|Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt]]
* [[Eternal Light Flagstaff]]
* ''[[Event Horizon (sculpture)|Event Horizon]]''
* ''[[Eye of Fashion]]''
* ''[[The Family (Gross)|The Family]]''
* ''[[Fearless Girl]]''
* ''[[Four Continents (French)|Four Continents]]''
* [[Frederick Douglass Memorial]]
* ''[[The Gates]]''
* [[Gay Liberation Monument]]
* [[General William Jenkins Worth Monument]]
* [[The Girl Puzzle|The Girl Puzzle Monument]]
* [[Bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (New York City)|Bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
* ''[[The Great God Pan (sculpture)|The Great God Pan]]''
* ''[[Group of Bears]]''
* [[Group of Four Trees (Jean Dubuffet)|''Group of Four Trees'' (Jean Dubuffet)]]
* [[Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York City)|Harriet Tubman Memorial]]
* [[Independence Flagstaff]]
* ''[[Indian Hunter (Ward)|Indian Hunter]]''
* [[John Howard Van Amringe (sculpture)|John Howard Van Amringe]]
* ''[[Joie de Vivre (di Suvero)|Joie de Vivre]]''
* [[Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain]]
* [[King Jagiello Monument]]
* [[Letters and Science|''Letters'' and ''Science'']]
* [[Louise Nevelson Plaza]]
* ''[[A Love Letter to Marsha]]''
* ''[[Life Force (sculpture)|Life Force]]''
* [[Madison Square Park Fountain]]
* [[Marquis de Lafayette (Bartholdi)|Marquis de Lafayette]]
* [[Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust]]
* ''[[Metronome (public artwork)|Metronome]]''
* [[Mural (Julie Mehretu)|''Mural'' (Julie Mehretu)]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomkins |first=Calvin |date=2010-03-22 |title=Big Art, Big Money |language=en-US |work=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/03/29/big-art-big-money |access-date=2023-09-24 |issn=0028-792X |quote=Although the building was not public, (...) Goldman [Sachs] had wanted to endow it with art works that would benefit the public.}}</ref>
* ''[[Needle Threading A Button]]''
* [[Peace Fountain]]
* ''[[Prometheus (Manship)|Prometheus]]''
* [[Pulitzer Fountain]]
* [[Reclining Figure (Lincoln Center)]]
* [[Richard Morris Hunt Memorial]]
* ''[[La Rivière (Maillol)|La Rivière]]''
* ''[[Robert Burns (Steell)|Robert Burns]]''
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Hebald)|Romeo and Juliet]]''
* ''[[Samuel Finley Breese Morse (sculpture)|Samuel Finley Breese Morse]]''
* ''[[Saurien]]''
* [[Seventh Regiment Memorial]]
* ''[[The Sphere]]''
* ''[[Spirit of Communication]]''
* [[Statue of Abraham Lincoln (New York City)|Statue of Abraham Lincoln]]
* [[Statue of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]]
* [[Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Central Park)|Statue of Alexander Hamilton]], Central Park
* [[Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Columbia University)|Statue of Alexander Hamilton]], Columbia University
* [[Statue of Balto]]
* [[Statue of Benito Juárez (New York City)|Statue of Benito Juárez]]
* [[Statue of Chester A. Arthur]]
* [[Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park)|Statue of Christopher Columbus]]
* [[Statue of Daniel Webster (New York City)|Statue of Daniel Webster]]
* [[Statue of Fiorello H. La Guardia]]
* [[Statue of Fitz-Greene Halleck]]
* [[Statue of Francis P. Duffy]]
* [[Statue of George M. Cohan]]
* [[Statue of George Washington (Wall Street)|Statue of George Washington]], Wall Street
* [[Statue of Gertrude Stein]]
* [[Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi (New York City)|Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi]]
* [[Statue of Horace Greeley (City Hall Park)]]
* [[Statue of Horace Greeley (Herald Square)]]
* [[Statue of John Watts]]
* [[Statue of José Bonifácio de Andrada]]
* [[Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (New York City)|Statue of Mahatma Gandhi]]
* [[Statue of Philip Sheridan (New York City)|Statue of Philip Sheridan]]
* [[Statue of Roscoe Conkling]]
* [[Statue of Sun Yat-sen (New York City)|Statue of Sun Yat-sen]]
* [[Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Columbia University)|Statue of Thomas Jefferson]]
* [[Statue of Walter Scott (New York City)|Statue of Walter Scott]]
* [[Statue of William E. Dodge]]
* [[Statue of William H. Seward (New York City)|Statue of William H. Seward]]
* [[Statue of William Shakespeare (New York City)|Statue of William Shakespeare]]
* [[Tau (1/3)]]
* [[Tau (sculpture)|Tau]]
* ''[[The Tempest (Hebald)|The Tempest]]''
* ''[[Three Dancing Maidens]]''
* ''[[Three-Way Piece: Points]]''
* [[Throwback (1/3)]]
* ''[[Tightrope Walker (sculpture)|Tightrope Walker]]''
* ''[[Tilted Arc]]''
* ''[[Triumph of the Human Spirit]]''
* [[Union Square Drinking Fountain]]
* [[Untermyer Fountain]]
* [[USS Maine National Monument]]
* [[Giuseppe Verdi Monument]]
* ''[[Vessel (structure)|Vessel]]''
* ''[[The Wall (SoHo)|The Wall]]''
* [[William Cullen Bryant Memorial]]
* ''[[William Tecumseh Sherman (Saint-Gaudens)|William Tecumseh Sherman]]''
* [[Women's Rights Pioneers Monument]]


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|New York City|Visual arts}}
* [[Grand Central Terminal art]]
* [[Grand Central Terminal art]]
* [[List of sculptures in Central Park]]
* [[West Harlem Art Fund]]


==References==
[[Category:Lists of public art in the United States]]
{{Reflist}}

{{Public art in Manhattan}}
{{Public art in the United States}}

[[Category:Lists of public art in New York (state)|Manhattan]]
[[Category:Public art in New York City]]
[[Category:Public art in New York City]]

Latest revision as of 20:15, 28 September 2023

Columbus Monument
Equestrian statue of George Washington
The Great God Pan
Harriet Tubman Memorial
Peace Fountain
Statue of Balto

The following public artworks have been displayed in Manhattan in New York City:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tomkins, Calvin (2010-03-22). "Big Art, Big Money". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-09-24. Although the building was not public, (...) Goldman [Sachs] had wanted to endow it with art works that would benefit the public.
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