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Egbert, Elizabeth,
Abstract
Architecture -- Vehicle
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Staten Island
Sculpture
Broadway Starship, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Egbert, Elizabeth, 1945-2014, sculptor.
Title:
Broadway Starship, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1985. Jan. 1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: Red oak with brass fittings.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 10 x 27 x 40 ft.
Description:
Playground
sculpture
consisting of a semi-circular main piece made of wood strips. Two gang planks also made of wood strips are attached at either end of the semi-circular piece.
Subject:
Abstract
Architecture
--
Vehicle
--
Spacecraft
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
York
--
Staten
Island
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
New
York
, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park,
New
York
,
New
York
10021
Located Corporal Lawrence Thompson Park,
Staten
Island
,
New
York
,
Remarks:
IAS files contain an Art Commission of the City of
New
York
Work of Art form which notes that final approval for the
sculpture
was given on January 13, 1985. Cost for the
sculpture
was $18,000.
Sculpture
was fabricated before the playground was finished so initially the
sculpture
was sited in a temporary location.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
York
,
New
York
survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS NY000181
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000181
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