Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, (sculpture).

Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, (sculpture).

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931, sculptor.

Price, Bruce, 1843-1903, architect.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, (sculpture).

1896-1901. Cast 1898, 1900. Dedicated Oct. 31, 1898.

Digital Reference:

Figures and bust: bronze; Exedra: limestone, grey Westerly granite; Floor: marble tile with bronze inset.

Figures: approx. H. 6 ft. 3 in. (190.8 cm.); Hunt bust: approx. H. 2 ft. 7 in. (85.3 cm); Exedra: approx. 14 x 30 x 12 ft.

(On bust of Hunt, proper right side:) DANIEL.C.FRENCH.Sculptor (On bust of Hunt, proper left side:) The Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co Founders. N.Y. 1898 (On proper right side of each allegorical female figure:) Daniel C. French Sc. 1900 (On proper left side of each allegorical female figure:) The Henry Bronze Co. NY 1900 (On front of base of Hunt bust:) TO/RICHARD MORRIS HUNT/OCTOBER 31, 1828/JULY 31, 1895/IN RECOGNITION/OF HIS SERVICES TO/THE CAUSE/OF ART/IN AMERICA/THIS MEMORIAL/WAS ERECTED 1898 BY/THE ART SOCIETIES OF NEW YORK (On walls between columns of the exedra:) THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM/OF ART/THE ARTIST ARTISANS OF NEW YORK/THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE/NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY/NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN/SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS/AMERICAN INSTITUTE/OF ARCHITECTS/AMERICAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY/SOCIETY OF BEAUX ARTS ARCHITECTS/THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION/THE MUNICIPAL ARTS SOCIETY signed Founder's mark appears.

An exedra consisting of a semicircular terrace lined with with columns and benches, in the center of which is a bust of Richard Morris Hunt on a pedestal. On the left side of the exedra is an allegorical female figure representing Painting and Sculpture. She holds a palette and a mallet. On the right side of the exedra is an allegorical female figure representing Architecture. She holds a model of the Administration Building designed by Richard Morris Hunt for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

Portrait male -- Hunt, Richard Morris -- Bust

Occupation -- Art -- Architect

Figure group -- Female

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Architecture

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Painting

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Sculpture

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York

Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021

Located Central Park, Fifth Avenue, between 70th & 71st Streets, New York, New York 10021

Richard Morris Hunt (1828-1895) was the first American architect trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He went on to design such New York buildings as the Tribune Building and the Lenox Library, both now gone, the Metropolitan Museum, and the granite pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, as well as homes for the Vanderbilts and Astors. Hunt was the founding president of the Municipal Art Society in 1892. Bruce Price, who had been a student of Hunt's, was asked by French to design the architectural setting for this monument.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Richman, Michael, "Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976, pg. 83-89.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 218-219.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0132, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. and April 1897.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.

Richman, Michael, "Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976, pg. 11 and 86.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 218-219.

Monumental News, April 1897, pg. 223.

For model see: 36360122.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Control Number:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

Powered by SirsiDynix

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact

SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System