Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
| Richard Morris Hunt Memorial | |
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 The memorial in 2012 | |
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| Location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 40°46′17″N 73°58′04″W / 40.7715°N 73.9679°W | |
The Richard Morris Hunt Memorial is an exedra of granite and marble, dedicated to the memory of the architect Richard Morris Hunt, designed by Bruce Price with sculptures by Daniel Chester French, located at the Central Park perimeter wall, at Fifth Avenue and 70th Street in Manhattan, New York.[1] The bronze bust of Hunt was cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company of New York.
The monument was commissioned by the Art Societies of New York, a coalition of a number of municipal cultural institutions associated with Hunt: the Century Association, the Municipal Art Society (whose first president, in 1892, was Hunt),[2] the Metropolitan Museum of Art (whose main building was designed by Hunt), the Artist Artisans of New York, the Architectural League, the National Sculpture Society, the National Academy of Design, the Society of American Artists, the American Institute of Architects (co-founded by Hunt in 1857), the American Watercolor Society, and the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects.[1] It was unveiled on October 31, 1898.
References
- ^ a b "Central Park: Richard Morris Hunt Memorial". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ Year Book of the Municipal Art Society of New York. Municipal Art Society of New York. 1 January 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
External links
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