Public art in Central Park
New York City's 843-acre (3.41 km2) Central Park is the home of many works of public art in various media, such as bronze, stone and tile. Many are sculptures in the form of busts, statues, equestrian statues, and panels carved or cast in low relief. Others are two-dimensional bronze or tile plaques. Some artworks do double-duty as fountains, or as part of fountains; some serve as memorials dedicated to a cause, to notable individuals, and in one case, to a notable animal. Most were donated by individuals or civic organizations; only a few were funded by the city.
The gilded bronze statue of the Sherman Monument (dedicated in 1903), sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on a pedestal designed by Charles Follen McKim.[1]
Examples of public art in the park include memorials dedicated to notable individuals such as the poet William Shakespeare and the statesman Daniel Webster; depictions of archetypical characters such as The Pilgrim, Indian Hunter, and The Falconer; depictions of literary characters such as Alice in Wonderland; numerous depictions of imaginary animals, and at least one of a real one (the statue of Balto). There is one artifact from the ancient world—the Egyptian obelisk known as "Cleopatra's Needle", probably the oldest and largest artwork in the park.
The bronze statue of the Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Terrace, sculpted by Emma Stebbins, sits atop a stone basin designed by architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould.[2]
Until recently, depictions of real (as opposed to imaginary) humans have been men, whereas depictions of women have been either mythological characters (angels or goddesses) or characters from literature. The installation in 2020 of the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument, depicting three female activists, was a first step in addressing this oversight.
Public art in the park has from the beginning been representational in character; the abstract idiom has rarely, if ever, been employed.
In recent years, park administrators have provided a forum for temporary exhibitions of artwork at the Doris Freedman Plaza, a concrete and cobblestone area located just outside the southeast entrance to the park, behind the Sherman Monument.
List of public art in Central Park
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| Name | Location / GPS Coordinates | Date & Designers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 107th Infantry Memorial (World War I memorial)
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East 67th Street & Fifth Avenue 40.76927°N 73.96937°W |
Commissioned in 1920 and dedicated in 1927; Karl Illava, sculptor; Rogers & Haneman, architects; Fonderia G. Vignali, founder. |
A bronze sculpture atop a North Jay granite base, in honor of the 7th Regiment New York, 107th United States Infantry. IAS Number: 76003536 |
| Alice in Wonderland
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Near East 74th Street at the Central Park Conservatory Pond 40.77504°N 73.966543°W |
Unveiled in 1959; Ferando Texidor, designer; José de Creeft, sculptor; Hideo Sasaki, landscape architect; cast by the Modern Art Foundry. |
A bronze sculpture atop a base of Chelmsford granite depicting characters from Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Alice, seated on a giant mushroom, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Dormouse, and Mad Hatter. Donated by publisher George Delacorte in memory of his wife Margarita, the sculpture is embellished with quotations from her favorite poem, "Jabberwocky". IAS Number: 87870163 |
| Statue of Hans Christian Andersen
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Central Park Lake, opposite East 74th Street 40.7744306°N 73.9677972°W |
Unveiled in 1956; Georg J. Lober, sculptor; cast by the Modern Art Foundry; Otto Frederick Langman, designer of bench. |
A bronze statue depicting the Danish fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, seated on a Stony Creek granite bench, feeding a duck (his most notable work being The Ugly Duckling). Funded with contributions from Danish and American schoolchildren.[3] IAS Number: |87870162 |
| Ballplayers House Frieze
|
The northern edge of the Heckscher Ballfields 40.7703°N 73.975917°W |
Completed in 1990; Buttrick White & Burtis, architects.[4] |
An encaustic tile frieze wrapping the building, symbolizing a ball bouncing across a baseball field. |
| Statue of Balto
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Central Park East Drive & East 66th Street 40.769959°N 73.971022°W |
Unveiled in 1925; Frederick G.R. Roth, sculptor; Roman Bronze Works. |
A bronze statue mounted on natural rock, portraying one of over 200 sled-dogs that delivered diphtheria serum through a blizzard to Nome, Alaska in January 1925. Balto attended the dedication of his statue (a rarity among Central Park statue subjects) and died in 1933.[5] IAS Number: 87870159 |
| Bust of Ludwig van Beethoven
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The Mall 40.772866°N 73.971872°W |
Installed in 1884; Henry Baerer, sculptor; George Fischer & Brother Bronze Works. |
A bronze bust atop a polished Barre granite plinth created in memory of the German composer. IAS Number: 76003467 |
| Belvedere Castle Cockatrice
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Belvedere Castle 40.779447°N 73.96906°W |
Completed in 1869; Jacob Wrey Mould, designer of the cockatrice; Calvert Vaux, architect of the castle. |
A decorative bronze transom panel in the facade of the Belvedere Castle. |
| Bethesda Fountain
|
Bethesda Terrace |
Unveiled in 1873; Emma Stebbins, sculptor of the angel & four cherubs; Royal Foundry (Munich, Germany); Jacob Wrey Mould, designer of architectural ornament; Calvert Vaux, architect. |
A bronze statue known as the Angel of the Waters atop a reeded bronze basin, supported by four cherubs atop a polychrome stone basin, which in turn sits in a 90 foot diameter basin. Emma Stebbins is said to have been the first woman to receive a public sculptural commission in New York City. IAS Number: 76002831 |
| Bethesda Terrace balustrade
|
Terrace Drive 40.773949°N 73.9711001°W |
Jacob Wrey Mould, architectural sculpture and ornament; Calvert Vaux, architect. |
A variety of architectural sculpture and ornament carved in New Brunswick sandstone at the terrace balustrades and piers. |
| Bethesda Terrace Arcade
|
Terrace Drive 40.773949°N 73.9711001°W |
Installed in 1869; Jacob Wrey Mould, designer of ornamental tiles; Calvert Vaux, architect of arcade; Mintons, tile fabricator. |
Forty-nine encaustic tile panels framed in cast iron, suspended from the roadway above. Each panel is made from 324 individual tiles. |
| Equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar
|
Bolívar Plaza, Central Park South (59th Street) & Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) 40.765689°N 73.975792°W |
Dedicated in 1921; Sally James Farnham, sculptor; Roman Bronze Works; relocated in 1951. |
A bronze equestrian statue atop a polished black granite plinth, originally sited between 82nd and 83rd Streets overlooking Central Park West. In 1951, After Sixth Avenue was renamed Avenue of the Americas, the sculpture was relocated adjacent fellow Latin American revolutionary leaders José de San Martín and José Martí. IAS Number: 76003468 |
| Arthur Brisbane Memorial
|
5th Avenue & 101st Street 40.791183°N 73.953557°W |
Installed in 1939; Richmond Barthé, sculptor; Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, architects. |
A bench with a relief portrait of journalist Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936), sculpted in Swensons pink granite. IAS Number: 76003469 |
| Burnett Memorial Fountain | Conservatory Garden 40.793056°N 73.952778°W |
Dedicated in 1937; Bessie Potter Vonnoh, sculptor; Aymar Embury II, architect; Roman Bronze Works. |
A bronze sculpture atop a pink granite plinth sitting in a small basin, created in memory of children's author Frances Hodgson Burnett. The work illustrates Mary and Dickon, characters from her book The Secret Garden (1910). IAS Number: 76003471 |
| Statue of Robert Burns
|
Literary Walk, south end of The Mall 40.770108°N 73.972570°W |
Dedicated in 1880; Sir John Steell, sculptor. | A bronze statue of Burns atop a pink granite base, created in memory of the Scots poet. IAS Number: 76003469 |
| Cherry Hill Fountain
|
Wagner Cove, south of The Lake 40.774698°N 73.972712°W |
Jacob Wrey Mould, architectural ornament; Calvert Vaux, architect. | |
| City Employees Memorial Flagpole
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The Mall, north side 40.773056°N 73.971944°W |
Installed in 1928; Georg J. Lober, sculptor; Otto Frederick Langman, architect. |
An iron flagstaff supported by a bronze mounting embellished with four medallions and four eagles, sitting atop a Deer Isle granite pedestal with inscriptions. The memorial is dedicated to city employees who are, or were, veterans of American wars. Lober and Langman collaborated on the statue of George M. Cohan, installed at Duffy Square in 1959. IAS Number:76003476 |
| Cleopatra's Needle
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82nd Street, west of Metropolitan Museum of Art 40.779638°N 73.965451°W |
Erected by Thutmose III at the Temple of Tum at Heliopolis ca 1500–1600 B.C.; gifted to US in 1869; dedicated in Central Park in 1881. |
An ancient Egyptian obelisk, a gift of Egypt to the United States. ISA Number: 87870165 |
| Statue of Christopher Columbus
|
East Drive, south of The Mall 40.769899°N 73.972791°W |
Jeronimo Suñol, sculptor; Napoleon LeBrun, architect; Federico Masriera, foundry in Barcelona. |
A bronze statue atop a Rockport granite plinth. Cast in Barcelona in 1892, the statue was donated to Central Park by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. The statue replicates one made by Jeronimo Suñol in 1886, now in Madrid.[6] The New York version was placed in the park in 1894 at the foot of the Mall. ISA Number: 87870160 |
| Conservatory Garden Central Fountain
|
5th Avenue & 105th Street 40.793892°N 73.952824°W |
Installed in 1937 when the garden was created. | A single column of water that collects in a circular basin. A display fountain. |
| Dana Discovery Center Plaque
|
The north shore of Harlem Meer 40.7970821°N 73.95147°W |
Dedicated in 1993; Buttrick White & Burtis, architects.[7][8] | An encaustic tile panel depicting fish and fowl, the name of the building and the date of its construction. A chevron band symbolizes the water of Harlem Meer which the building overlooks. |
| Dancing Goat | Central Park Zoo, north of the Sea Lion Pool 40.768185°N 73.971568°W |
Installed in 1935; Frederick Roth, sculptor; cast by the Roman Bronze Works; relocated in 1988. |
A bronze statue on a granite platform, functioning as a fountain, set into an arched niche. IAS Number: 76003481 |
| Decorative Zoological Panels | Central Park Zoo | Installed ca 1934; Frederick Roth, sculptor. | Fifteen limestone panels of animals carved in low relief. IAS Number: 76003538 |
| Delacorte Clock
|
Children's Zoo 40.768056°N 73.971111°W |
Installed in 1964; Andrea Spadini, sculptor; Edward Coe Embury, architect; Fernando Texidor, designer. |
The monkeys atop the tower ring the bell on the hour. The lower 6 animals twirl and parade around the tower on the hour and half-hour.
IAS Number: 87870158 |
| Frederick Douglass Memorial
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Frederick Douglass Circle, Central Park North (110th Street) & Frederick Douglass Boulevard (8th Avenue) 40.800583°N 73.958167°W |
Dedicated in 2011; Gabriel Koren, sculptor; Algernon Miller and Quennell Rothschild & Partners, plaza and fountain design; Polich-Tallix, foundry. |
A larger-than-life bronze statue on a bronze base on a granite platform, set in the middle of a memorial plaza dedicated to Douglass, a 19th-century abolitionist, activist, and author. |
| Daniel Draper Plaque
|
Belvedere Castle 40.779447°N 73.96906°W |
Installed in 1035; Anton Brandts Subiesky, sculptor. | IAS Number:76003487 |
| S. Rankin Drew Memorial Tree Marker
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72nd Street, west of The Mall 40.773632°N 73.972120°W |
Installed in 1928; unknown designer. | Drew was a silent movie actor/director who died in World War I. The American Legion planted an oak tree in his memory in 1920, and installed the marker in 1928. IAS Number: 76003488 |
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| Name | Location / GPS Coordinates | Dates & Designers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Eagles | Central Park Zoo | Installed on bridge in 1912; Rochette and Parzini, sculptors. Relocated to Central Park Zoo in 1941. |
Eight statues salvaged from the balustrade of the First Avenue Bridge, an overpass built in 1912 to span the Shore Parkway in Brooklyn, NY, but demolished in 1941 during construction of the Belt Parkway. IAS Number: 76003491 |
| Eagles and Prey
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Center Drive, opposite Lilac Walk 40.772474°N 73.972484°W |
Cast in Paris in 1850; installed in Central Park in 1863; Christophe Fratin, sculptor; Gordon Webster Burnham, donor. |
A bronze sculpture on a Quincy granite pedestal depicting a goat, wedged accidentally between two rocks, about to be devoured by two eagles. Their talons are sunk into the back of the goat as they flap their wings in victory. It is said to be the earliest known sculpture to be installed in any New York City park. IAS Number: 76003492 |
| Duke Ellington Memorial | Duke Ellington Circle, 5th Avenue & 110th Street 40.79675°N 73.949028°W |
Dedicated in 1997; Robert Graham, sculptor. |
A bronze statue of the musician and composer astride a piano on a bronze platform supported by nine bronze caryatids standing on a red granite platform. The sculpture is said to be the first in New York City dedicated to an African-American artist.[9] |
| The Falconer
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West 72nd Street 40.774111°N 73.973806°W |
Cast in 1871; installed in 1875; George Blackall Simonds, sculptor; Clemente Papi, foundry. |
A bronze statue on a Barre granite pedestal. IAS Number: 76003496 |
| Fort Clinton Memorial at McGowan's Pass |
Between 5th Avenue & East Drive, opposite 107th Street 40.7951434°N 73.9529624°W |
Installed in 1906; William Welles Bosworth, designer. |
Fort Clinton was built during the War of 1812 as part of New York City's defenses, and was later demolished. A mortar (cannon barrel) was unearthed at the site in the early 1900s. Bosworth designed a pedestal for the mortar and a memorial plaque.[10] IAS Number: 76002752 |
| Friedel Memorial Drinking Fountain
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Runners Gate, 90th Street & 5th Avenue |
Dedicated in 1992; Mark Rabinowitz, sculptor. |
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| Andrew Haswell Green Memorial Bench
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East Drive, east of The Ravine 40.795126°N 73.954291°W |
Dedicated in 1929; John Vredenburgh Van Pelt, architect. |
A Tennessee pink marble bench with inscriptions, dedicated to the memory of a key member of the park's Board of Commissioners during the park's design and construction. |
| Group of Bears
|
Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground, 79th Street & 5th Avenue 40.7775°N 73.963967°W |
Paul Manship, sculptor; Bruce Kelly and David Varnell, landscape architects for 1989 installation; cast by Paul King Foundry. |
A bronze sculpture depicting three bears, on a bronze base atop a granite step-stone. The original was sculpted and cast for the Bronx Zoo in 1932; this version was cast in 1989. IAS Number: NY000142 |
| Statue of Fitz-Greene Halleck
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The Mall 40.770740°N 73.972117°W |
Cast in 1876; dedicated in 1877; James Wilson Alexander MacDonald, sculptor. |
A bronze statue atop a Westerly granite pedestal, created in memory of a poet and literary critic. IAS Number: 76003506 |
| Statue of Alexander Hamilton
|
East Drive, west of Metropolitan Museum of Art 40.780807°N 73.964946°W |
Dedicated in 1880; Carl Conrads, sculptor; New England Granite Works. |
A statue of a Founding Father sculpted in Westerly granite atop a pedestal of the same material, donated by John Church Hamilton, a son of the subject. The sculpture stands in a grove of apple trees. IAS Number: 76002763 |
| Bust of Victor Herbert
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The Mall, opposite the bandstand 40.772847°N 73.972061°W |
Installed in 1927; Edmond Thomas Quinn, sculptor. |
A bronze sculpture atop a Stony Creek granite pedestal, created in memory of the Irish-American composer. IAS Number: 76003508 |
| Honey Bear
|
Central Park Zoo, north of the Delacorte Musical Clock 40.768248°N 73.971139°W |
Installed in 1937; Frederick Roth, sculptor; Roman Bronze Works, foundry. Relocated in 1988. |
A bronze statue in the Central Park zoo, set into a niche, functioning as a fountain. IAS Number: 76003480 |
| Bust of Alexander von Humboldt
|
Naturalists Gate, West 77th Street & Central Park West 40.779476°N 73.973285°W |
Dedicated on September 14, 1869; Gustav Blaeser, sculptor; cast by Georg Ferdinand Howaldt, Braunschweig.[11] |
A bronze sculpture atop a Westerly granite plinth. The bust of the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt was donated by an association of German-Americans. It originally stood at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue.[12] Blaeser, who knew Humboldt, was said to have worked in part from Humboldt's death mask. IAS Number: 76008978 |
| Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
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5th Avenue & 70th Street 40.7715°N 73.9679°W |
Commissioned in 1896; dedicated on October 31, 1898; allegorical figures added 1901.[13] Daniel Chester French, sculptor; Bruce Price, architect; Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co., foundry. |
A bronze bust of the 19th-century American architect in a granite exedra with marble columns. Two allegorical bronze statues represent (right) Architecture and (left) Painting and Sculpture. IAS Number: 76006062 |
| Waldo Hutchins Memorial Bench
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72nd Street & 5th Avenue 40.772778°N 73.967222°W |
Installed in 1932; Eric Gugler, architect; Paul Manship, sculptor. |
There is a small sundial at the center of the bench. IAS Number: 76003511 |
| Indian Hunter
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West 66th Street, west of The Mall 40.770417°N 73.973133°W |
Cast in 1866; dedicated in 1869. John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor; L. A. Amouroux, foundry. |
A bronze sculpture of a native American man and his dog, atop a granite pedestal — the first work of an American sculptor to be installed in Central Park. The work was first shown at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867 and made the sculptor's reputation. IAS Number: 76003513 |
| King Jagiello Monument
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79th Street, east of the Turtle Pond 40.778889°N 73.966667°W |
Modeled in 1908–09; cast in 1939; Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostrowski, sculptor. Installed in Central Park in 1945; Aymar Embury II, architect. |
A bronze equestrian statue of a Polish King atop a granite pedestal, cast for the Polish Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. It is said to be the largest sculpture in Central Park. As a result of the outbreak of World War II, it stayed in New York, and was presented to the city by the King Jagiello Monument Committee and placed in Central Park.[14] IAS Number: 87870164 |
| Kilmer Memorial Plaque
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West Mall near 67th Street | Designer and date of installation unknown. | A bronze plaque in memory of the poet Joyce Kilmer, set into a cast-stone plinth. |
| Knights of Pythias Memorial (World War I memorial) |
Memorial Grove | A 42" high, 48" wide Barre light gray granite monument. |
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| Name | Location / GPS Coordinates | Dates & Designers | Notes |
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| Statue of Fred Lebow | Upper Reservoir Jogging Track, 90th Street & East Central Park Drive 40.784064°N 73.959127°W |
Unveiled in 1994; Jesus Ygnacio Dominguez, sculptor; relocated in 2001. |
A bronze statue on a granite base. Lebow was a founder of the New York City Marathon, and ran in it until age 60. The statue was installed beside the Upper Reservoir Jogging Track in 2001, but each November is placed near the marathon finish line. |
| Lehman Gates
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Children's Zoo, 72nd Street Entrance 40.768611°N 73.970972°W |
Dedicated in 1961; Edward Coe Embury, architect; Paul Manship, sculptor; Roman Bronze Works, foundry. |
A bronze sculptural fantasia depicting children and animals set atop three Swensons green granite piers. Three bronze commemorative plaques are mounted on the piers. IAS Number: 76007112 |
| Levy Gate | Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground near 5th Avenue & 79th Street |
Cast ca 1957; dedicated in 1958; John Wilson, architect; Walter Beretta, sculptor. Relocated in 1989. |
A bronze gate embellished with sculptures of monkeys, owls, and squirrels. IAS Number: 87870242 |
| Sophie Irene Loeb Memorial Fountain
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5th Avenue, between 76th & 77th Streets 40.775781°N 73.965113°W |
Unveiled in 1936; Frederick Roth, sculptor; C. Dale Badgeley, architect. |
A granite pier in a cast concrete basin, embellished with characters from Alice in Wonderland. Funded by August Heckscher. IAS Number: 76003525 |
| Lombard Lamp | East Drive & 60th Street | Carl Borner, sculptor. Original created in 1869; This version cast ca 1979; dedicated on March 1, 1979. |
A cast-iron and aluminum street light, a gift from the City of Hamburg, Germany. |
| Equestrian statue of José Martí
|
Central Park South (59th Street) & Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) 40.766043°N 73.976156°W |
Anna Hyatt Huntington, sculptor; Domico Scoma Bronze Works, foundry Cast in 1959; dedicated in 1965. |
A bronze equestrian statue atop a Barre granite pedestal. IAS Number: 87870168 |
| Martin Memorial Birdbath | Central Park Zoo | Oronzio Maldarelli, sculptor; dedicated in 1942. | A bird bath sculpted with Colorado black marble and Colorado white marble, in memory of Edith Deacon Martin. |
| Bust of Giuseppe Mazzini
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Sheep Meadow, West Drive, near 67th Street 40.772867°N 73.976667°W |
Giovanni Turini, sculptor; F. Matriati, architect; George Fischer & Brother, foundry. Unveiled in 1878. |
A bronze bust atop a Westerly granite pedestal. The poet William Cullen Bryant delivered an address at the sculpture's unveiling.[15] IAS Number: 87870169 |
| John Purroy Mitchel Memorial
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Engineers Gate, East 90th Street & 5th Avenue 40.784367°N 73.959167°W |
Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor; Thomas Hastings, architect; Donn Barber, architect. Proposed in 1918; commissioned in 1921; dedicated November 14, 1928; bust repaired in 1966. |
A gilded bronze bust, mounted on a black slate panel, set within a North Jay granite aedicula. Mitchel was the youngest mayor in New York City history, serving from 1914 to 1917. After losing re-election, and after America entered World War I, he enlisted the US Army aviation service but died in a training accident in Louisiana. IAS Number: 76003532 |
| Bust of Thomas Moore
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East Drive, between 60th & 61st Streets 40.765556°N 73.973333°W |
Dennis B. Sheahan, sculptor; George Fischer & Bros., foundry. Dedicated in 1879. |
A bronze bust atop a Conway green granite pedestal, in memory of the Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779–1852). IAS Number: 76002891 |
| Statue of Samuel Finley Breese Morse
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72nd Street & 5th Avenue 40.7725°N 73.967306°W |
Byron M. Pickett, sculptor; cast by Maurice J. Power, National Fine Art Foundry. Commissioned in 1870; dedicated in 1871. |
A bronze statue on a Quincy granite pedestal, created in honor of Morse and his contribution to telegraphic communication. IAS Number: 76003533 |
| Mother Goose
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Entrance to Rumsey Play Field 40.772439°N 73.969504°W |
Frederick Roth, sculptor. Installed in 1938. |
A granite sculpture, portraying the famous story-book character atop a flying goose, with bas relief panels illustrating Humpty Dumpty and Old King Cole, among others. IAS Number: 76003534 |
| William Church Osborn Gates
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Entrance to Ancient Playground, 5th Avenue, between 84th & 85th Streets 40.780728°N 73.961146°W |
Paul Manship, sculptor; Aymar Embury II, architect. Cast in 1952; dedicated in 1953. |
Bronze gates embellished with plants and animals, mounted onto Minnesota Mahogany granite piers. Two sculptures, one of bears, the other of elk, mounted on Cold Spring granite bases, sit atop each pier. The gates were dedicated to Osborn, a civic leader and 8th president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. IAS Number: 76007113 |
| The Pilgrim aka |
Pilgrim Hill, 72nd Street 40.77315°N 73.968553°W |
John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor; Richard Morris Hunt, architect; Henry Bonnard Bronze Company, foundry; cast in 1884; dedicated in 1885. |
IAS Number: 87870161 |
| Pomona (at the Pulitzer Fountain aka the "Fountain of Abundance")
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Grand Army Plaza 59th Street & 5th Avenue 40.76403°N 73.97361°W |
Karl Bitter, sculptor of Pomona; Thomas Hastings, architect of the fountain and plaza; Karl Gruppe, sculptor; Orazio Piccirilli, sculptor (horns of plenty); Isidore Konti, carver of final model. Commissioned in 1898; dedicated in 1916. |
Following Bitter's death in 1915, Gruppe and Konti completed the statue of Pomona. IAS Number: 76003537 |
| Romeo and Juliet
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Delacorte Theater 40.78056°N 73.968754°W |
Cast in 1978; installed in 1978: Milton Hebald, sculptor; Spartaco Dionesi Foundry. |
IAS Number: 87870172 |
| The Rowers
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Central Park Boathouse 40.775278°N 73.96875°W |
Irwin Glusker, sculptor; commissioned in 1968; dedicated in 1971. |
A bronze sculpture dedicated to the memory of Carl and Adeline Loeb, who funded the Central Park Boathouse. IAS Number: 87870241 |
| Rumsey Tablet | Gateway to Mary Harriman Rumsey Playground 40.772435°N 73.969588°W |
Installed in 1937; unknown sculptor. |
IAS Number: 76003539 |
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| Name | Location / GPS Coordinates | Dates & Designers | Notes |
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| Equestrian statue of José de San Martín
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Central Park South (59th Street) & Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) 40.7660146°N 73.9765739°W |
Original dedicated in Buenos Aires in 1862; Louis Joseph Daumas, sculptor; Radelli y Gemelli, foundry; Clarke, Rapuano & Holleran, architect of pedestal; this version cast ca 1940–1950; dedicated in 1951. |
A bronze sculpture atop a black granite pedestal, a copy of Louis Joseph Daumas's 1862 sculpture. IAS Number: 87870167 |
| Bust of Friedrich von Schiller
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Poets Walk, north side of The Mall 40.773194°N 73.971831°W |
Charles Ludwig Richter, sculptor; dedicated in 1859; relocated in 1955. |
A bronze bust atop a Saguenan granite pedestal, it was the first sculpture to be installed in Central Park. IAS Number: 76003543 |
| Statue of Sir Walter Scott
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Literary Walk, south end of The Mall 40.770071°N 73.972422°W |
Sir John Steell, sculptor; original ca 1845; cast in 1871; dedicated in 1872. |
IAS Number: 76003545 |
| Seventh Regiment Memorial (Civil War memorial)
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West Drive, opposite the Sheep Meadow 40.773757°N 73.976403°W |
Commissioned in 1869; dedicated in 1874. John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor; Richard Morris Hunt, architect; Robert Wood & Company, foundry. |
A bronze statue atop a Barre granite base. IAS Number: 87870170 |
| Statue of William Shakespeare
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67th Street & The Mall 40.769862°N 73.972474°W |
Proposed in 1864, the 300th anniversary of the poet’s birth; commissioned in 1870; cast in 1871; dedicated in 1872. John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor; Robert Wood & Company, foundry; Jacob Wrey Mould, architect of base; Henry Parry, carver of base. |
A bronze statue on a granite pedestal, funded by a benefit performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar on November 25, 1864 at The Winter Garden Theatre starring Edwin Booth, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., and John Wilkes Booth. The statue is the second of Ward’s four in Central Park. IAS Number: 65700009 |
| Sherman Memorial |
Grand Army Plaza 5th Avenue & Central Park South 40.76472°N 73.97322°W |
Commissioned in 1892; dedicated on May 30, 1903; gilded in 1903; Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor; A. Phimister Proctor, sculptor (horse); Charles Follen McKim, architect of pedestal; Norcross Brothers, contractor; gilded in 1903; relocated fifteen feet west in 1913; regilded in 1989 and 2013. |
IAS Number: 76003547 |
| Sisters of Charity Plaque
|
West of the Conservatory Garden along the axis of 106th Street 40.7944936°N 73.952375°W |
Dedicated in 1995. | The plaque memorializes Mount St. Vincent Academy, a convent and school run by the Sisters of Charity of New York. The building was converted into a military hospital during the Civil War, and demolished in 1917. |
| Snowbabies | Gateway to Mary Harriman Rumsey Playground 40.772435°N 73.969588°W |
Installed in 1938; Victor Frisch, sculptor |
Cast stone sculptures atop gate piers. IAS Number: 76003550 |
| William T. Stead Memorial
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5th Avenue & 91st Street 40.784753°N 73.958117°W |
George Frampton, sculptor; Thomas Hastings, architect; original dedicated in London in 1913; this second version dedicated in 1920. |
A bronze plaque mounted on Indiana limestone, a copy of the 1913 Stead Memorial in London. Stead was a British journalist who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. IAS Number: 76003551 |
| Still Hunt
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East Drive 40.776741°N 73.967304°W |
Edward Kerneys, sculptor; M. J. Power Bronze, foundry; commissioned in 1881; installed in 1883. |
A bronze statue of an American panther on a bronze base mounted on natural rock, on the west side of the East Drive at the edge of the Ramble. Kerneys situated his sculpture directly on the rock ledge in a realistic mode. IAS Number: 76003552 |
| Charles B. Stover Memorial Bench aka |
Shakespeare Garden 40.780022°N 73.969337°W |
Unknown sculptor; installed in 1935; dedicated on November 5, 1936. |
A curved, twenty-foot long exedra of Deer Isle granite. Stover was Parks Commissioner from 1910 to 1913. IAS Number: 76003553 |
| Strawberry Fields
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West 72nd Street & Terrace Drive 40.775735°N 73.975205°W |
Dedicated in 1985; designed by Bruce R. Kelly, landscape architect. |
A five-acre landscape designed as a memorial to John Lennon, the member of the musical group The Beatles. The memorial’s centerpiece "Imagine" mosaic was created by masons in Naples, Italy, who donated it to Central Park. |
| Sundial
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Shakespeare Garden | Installed in 1945; Walter Beretta, sculptor. |
A bronze sundial mounted on a cast-stone pedestal. |
| The Tempest or |
Delacorte Theater 40.780531°N 73.968626°W |
Milton Hebald, sculptor; A. Ottavino Corp., foundry. Commissioned in 1966; dedicated in 1973. |
A companion piece to Romeo and Juliet. IAS Number: 87870171 |
| Statue of Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen
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East side, between 96th & 97th Streets 40.788608°N 73.956005°W |
Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor; Lauritz Rasmussen, Copenhagen, foundry. Cast in 1892; dedicated in 1894. |
A bronze copy after the Danish sculptor's 1839 marble self-portrait (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen). Commissioned by the United Danes, Norwegians and Swedes of New York and Brooklyn to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Thorvaldsen’s death, it is the only statue of an artist displayed in any New York City park. IAS Number: 76003556 |
| Tigress and Cubs
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Central Park Zoo 40.767389°N 73.972448°W |
Auguste Cain, sculptor; F. Barbedienne, foundry. Cast in 1866; dedicated in 1867. |
IAS number: 76003557 |
| Untermyer Fountain aka
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Conservatory Garden 40.79426°N 73.95195°W |
Walter Schott, sculptor; H. Gladenbeck & Son, foundry. Cast ca 1910; dedicated in 1947. |
The fountain sculpture, one of three castings, was donated by the family of Samuel Untermyer in 1947. The bronze sculpture, Three Dancing Maidens by Walter Schott (1861–1938), was first cast in Germany about 1910 and won a Gold Medal at the 1910 Brussels World's Fair. Subsequently, two more full-size casts were made, including this one.[16] IAS Number: 87870166 |
| USS Maine National Monument
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59th Street & Columbus Circle 40.768242°N 73.981012°W |
Attilio Piccirilli, sculptor; Harold Van Buren Magonigle, architect. Commissioned in 1901; dedicated in 1913. |
IAS Number: 76003528 |
| USS Maine Memorial Tablet
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USS Maine National Monument | Charles Keck, sculptor. Cast in 1913; installed in 1936. |
Cast of metal from the destroyed battleship. IAS Number: 76003527 |
| Vanderbilt Gate
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On 5th Avenue, between 104th Street and 105th Street 40.793511°N 73.951882°W |
Designed by George B. Post, architect; fabricator unknown. |
One of a pair of 16 foot-tall gates that once opened into the entrance court of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II residence. It now opens into the Conservatory Garden. Fabricated in Paris of wrought iron with cast bronze scrollwork and ornamentation. Installed on 58th Street at Fifth Avenue in 1893; removed and stored in 1928; installation in Central Park completed on May 13, 1939. IAS Number: 76003559 |
| Statue of Daniel Webster
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West 72nd Street & West Drive 40.77475°N 73.97412°W] |
Thomas Ball, sculptor; statue cast in Munich in 1876; dedicated in 1876. |
A larger-than-life bronze statue on a Quincy granite pedestal depicting a 19th-century American statesman, donated to the city in 1876 by Gordon W. Burnham. The plinth is inscribed with some of Webster's famous quotes: LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE. [17] IAS Number: 76004876 |
| Women's Rights Pioneers Monument | Literary Walk. | Sculpted by Meredith Bergmann. Dedicated on August 26, 2020. |
A bronze sculpture portraying suffragists Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth; the first in Central Park to depict real women.[18][19] |
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Public art in Central Park now removed
| Name | Location / GPS Coordinates | Dates & Designers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auld Lang Syne aka "Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnnie"
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5th Avenue, by the Casino | Robert Thomson [Thompson?], sculptor; carved in 1862; dedicated in 1866; moved to storage; damaged in a fire 1881.[20] |
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| Equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar
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Central Park West & 83rd Street | Installed in 1884; R. de la Cora [sic. Rafael de la Cova], sculptor. |
The statue was removed by the 1890s. A proposed replacement by Giovanni Turini, to be placed on the same base, was rejected in 1897.[21] The current statue, by Sally James Farnham, was installed in 1921. |
| Bust of Miguel de Cervantes
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Fernando Miranda y Casellas, sculptor.[22] Modeled ca 1878; installed by 1892;[23] removed after 1918. |
 Sketch of the unexecuted Cervantes Monument (1878).[24] | |
| Commerce
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8th Avenue, near 59th Street | Installed 1865.[25] | |
| Shepard Fountain (destroyed) | East Drive, opposite 78th Street | Olin Levi Warner, sculptor; Unknown carver. Dedicated in 1891 (Union Square) Moved to Central Park ca 1898; destroyed in 1953. |
The marble drinking fountain was first installed in Union Square, where it was vandalized. It was moved to Central Park about 1898, but deteriorated, and was removed in 1953.[26]
IAS Number: 88100201 |
| Dr. J. Marion Sims Memorial
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103rd Street & 5th Avenue 40.792489°N 73.952641°W |
Ferdinand von Miller II, sculptor; Aymar Embury II, architect. Cast in 1892; dedicated in 1894; removed in 2018. |
Sims used enslaved women for his gynecological research. The memorial became controversial in the 2000s when this became widely publicized. The statue was removed on April 17, 2018, and will be relocated to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where Sims is buried.[27]
IAS Number: 76003548 |
| Swan and Cygnet aka Boy with Swan
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"near 5th Avenue entrance" | Theodor Kalide, sculptor; original 1834 (Germany); donated in 1863. |
Kalide's Boy with Swan was placed in the Charlottenburg Palace Gardens in Berlin in 1849.[28] 1863 Annual Report: "Feb. 28. One Bronze Fountain—Boy and Swan—presented by Thomas Richardson, Esq."[29] |
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Temporary installations of public art
| Name | Image | Location / GPS Coordinates | Dates & Designers | IAS number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volatile Presence Valley Marker Interrupted Messenger Measured Presence |
Central Park Plaza | Beverly Pepper, sculptor, 1983. | 87480101 87480102 87480103 87480104 |
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| The Gates |  |
Various 7,503 "gates" on 23 miles (37 km) of pathways |
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, artists. Proposed in 1979; installed February 12–27, 2005. |
71500738 |  The Gates was meant to evoke the procession of Japanese gateways leading to Shinto shrines. |
| V W X Yellow Elephant Underwear / H I J Kiddy Elephant Underwear[30] |
Doris Freedman Plaza 5th Avenue & 60th Street |
Chinatsu Ban, sculptor, April 8 – July 24, 2005. | |||
| Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads | Pulitzer Fountain 5th Avenue & 59th Street 40.76403°N 73.97361°W |
Ai Weiwei, sculptor, May 4 – July 15, 2011. | |||
| How I Roll | Doris Freedman Plaza 5th Avenue & 60th Street |
Paola Pivi, artist, June 20 – July 18, 2012. | The Piper Seneca would slowly rotate head-over-tail. YouTube video. The sculpture was scheduled to be exhibited until August 26, but mechanical problems caused it to be removed in July.[31] | ||
Notes
References
- Kahn, Eve (October 2021). "The Woman who was Victory". The Magazine Antiques. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- "Emma Stebbins, who sculpted a New York angel," The New York Times, May 29, 2019.
- "Hans Christian Andersen". Central Park Conservancy. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- Susanne Stephens. “Snack stand for Central Park Ball Field,” The New York Times, July 12, 1990, Section C, page 3. According to the article, the frieze was designed by William Braham, an architect at Buttrick White & Burtis, and fabricated by Brenda Bertin.
- "Balto, (sculpture)". Shahbaz Akhtar. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey. 1993. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Central Park’s version of the sculpture is signed "J. SUÑOL"; it bears the foundry mark of Federico Masriera, Barcelona, 1892.
- "The Arts and Crafts in Architecture Today," Classicist No. 3 (1996–97): 90–96. According to the article, the plaque was designed by Michael Dwyer, an architect at Buttrick White & Burtis, and fabricated by Brenda Bertin.
- Arcidi, Philip (December 1993). "Learning by the Rules" (PDF). Progressive Architecture. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- "Duke Ellington Memorial dedicated in Harlem," from ArtNet.
- "Tablet is unveiled at old Fort Clinton," The New York Times, November 25, 1906.
- Andreas W. Daum, "Nation, Naturforschung und Monument: Humboldt-Denkmäler in Deutschland und den USA" [Humboldt monuments in Germany and the US]. Die Kunst der Geschichte: Historiographie, Ästhetik, Erzählung, ed. Martin Baumeister et al. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009, 113‒15.
- Central Park 2000: Alexander von Humboldt; NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation: Alexander von Humboldt Monument
- ""Sculpture"". Architects and Builders Magazine. 2 (8): 350. May 1901. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- Daniec, Jadwiga Irena (1982). "In the Footsteps of Stanislaw K. Ostrowski, 1879–1947". The Polish Review. 27 (1/2): 77–91. JSTOR 25777864.
- Mazzini address
- "The Untermyer Fountain". Central Park Conservancy. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- "Daniel Webster". Central Park Conservancy. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- Kolodny, Sarah (July 24, 2018). "First Statue of Real Women to Debut in Central Park in 2020". NBC New York. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- "Central Park's first-ever female statue is coming in 2020". Time Out New York. July 24, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- "The Lost Auld Lang Syne Sculpture in Central Park," Daytonian in Manhattan, June 18, 2012.
- Michael Reed, "The Equestrian Monument of Simon Bolivar."
- Theodore Dreiser, "The Sculpture of Fernanado Miranda," Ainslee's Magazine 2 (September 1898), pp. 113–18.
- The Sun's Guide to New York (1892), p. 122
- "Cervantes. A Monument to be erected in Central Park to the memory of the famed Spanish Writer," The New York Herald, May 18, 1878.
- Illustrated in A Description of the New York Central Park. With illustrations by Albert Finch Bellows (1869), p. 92.
- Shepard Fountain, from SIRIS.
- Rebecca Savransky, "Central Park statue of controversial doctor who conducted research on women removed," The Hill, April 18, 2018.
- The Boy with Swan, from Christies London.
- Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park for the Year Ending with December 31, 1863. New York. Wm. C. Bryant & Co. 1864. page 56.
- Carol Vogel, "The Murakami Influence," The New York Times, April 6, 2005.
- Rich Calder, "Shoddy work cut short Central Park art exhibit: suit," The New York Post, October 18, 2013.
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- Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide Essays on the Sherman Monument, Simón Bolívar, José Martí, Maine Monument, Columbus Monument, Columbus by Sunol, Shakespeare, Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, King Jagiello, Alexander Hamilton
- ALICE IN CENTRAL PARK — STATUES IN WONDERLAND by G.A. Mudge, visual reference of the statues in central park, with historical comments.
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