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Epolito, Duke,
Zankowski, Larry,
Figure group -- Family
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Service
Travel -- Land
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse
Sculpture
Waiting for the Night Train, (sculpture).
Artist:
Epolito, Duke, sculptor.
Zankowski, Larry, sculptor.
Title:
Waiting for the Night Train, (sculpture).
Dates:
1982-1983. Installed Dec. 17, 1982. Installed Feb. 1983. Installed April 1983.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Plaster, polyurethane, fiberglass.
Description:
On the abandoned platform of the New York Central Train Station stands a group of nine life-sized, white plaster figures depicting people waiting for the night train to come through the station. There is a father checking his watch with his young son looking on and his young daughter tugging at her father's coat; two nuns seated side by side; a baggageman leaning over to pick up a pair of suitcases (which have have been removed from the installation); a World War II serviceman looking over at a seated woman; and a standing woman dressed in a short dress and high heels. The figures are installed behind a chain link fence and are only visible from Interstate 690.
Subject:
Figure group -- Family
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Occupation -- Service -- Porter
Travel -- Land -- Train
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse
Sculpture
Owner:
New York Central Train Station, Interstate 690 West, Syracuse, New York
Remarks:
On December 17, 1982, the figures of the father, son, and daughter were installed on the platform, followed by the figures of the serviceman and the seated woman in February 1983, and by three more figures in April 1983. However, the installation has been attacked by vandals several times. In December 1982, two days after the figures of the father and his children were installed, the little girl was stolen. She was later recovered from a ditch along the highway in Malius, but was severely damaged. In March 1983, vandals destroyed the father figure and seriously damaged both children and the serviceman; only the seated woman remained intact. Unsolicited contributions from several firms and dozens of individuals amounting to more than $1,300 paid for the reconstruction and repair of the figures. The figures were damaged yet again in 1988, but were later repaired.
IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Syracuse Post-Standard, Dec. 20, 1982, pg. A-11; April 25, 1983, pg. B1; and the Syracuse Herald American, Star Magazine, May 15, 1988.
References:
Onondaga County Public Library, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Onongada County Public Library..., "Public Art in Syracuse and Onongada County, 1985, pg. 21.
Syracuse Post-Standard, Dec. 20, 1982, pg. A-11.
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 73950013
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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