Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Tarr, William,
Abstract
Homage -- Felt, James
Occupation -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
James Felt Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Tarr, William, 1925- , sculptor.
Title:
James Felt Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1979.
Medium:
Sculpture: Mayori-R steel, painted; Base: metal.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 30 in. x 27 in.; Base: approx. 24 in. x 33 in. x 39 in.
Inscription:
HF/RFT (On sculpture:) JAMES/FELT/6-29-03/3-4-71/HE SAW THE/NEED AND/HE ACTED (On front:) AT/KT/IMF/RFL (Front, left:) CPC/MT.S. (Rear:) ULNY (Left side:) HSS/DMF/AF/MH
Description:
An upright rectangular piece, which is an asymmetrical arrangement of cubic elements, embellished with welded letters and phrases pertaining to the subject's life.
Subject:
Abstract
Homage -- Felt, James
Occupation -- Other -- Reformer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by New York City Housing Authority, New York, New York 10023
Located Amsterdam Houses Addition, 64th Street, between West End & Amsterdam Avenues, New York, New York
Remarks:
James Felt made many contributions to civic life as a real estate developer and member of the New York City Housing Authority and City Planning.
References:
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 275.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 275.
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 87870192
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
87870192
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact
Login
Help
