Looking Toward the Avenue, (sculpture).

Looking Toward the Avenue, (sculpture).

Dine, Jim, 1935- , sculptor.

Unknown (Walla Walla, Washington), founder.

Looking Toward the Avenue, (sculpture).

Venus, (sculpture).

Installed 1989.

Each figure: metal; Each fountain base: black granite.

3 figures. (Figure 1: approx. H. 14 ft.) (Figure 2: approx. H. 18 ft.) (Figure 3: approx. H. 23 ft.).

Three abstract figures based on the Venus de Milo. The figures are mounted in black granite fountains which flank the entrance of the building. Two figures are installed in one fountain and the third figure is by itself in the other fountain.

Figure female -- Nude

Figure female -- Torso

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York

Administered by Tishman Spiers Realty, Art Department, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019

Located 1301 Avenue of the Americas, entrance plaza, New York, New York 10019

The figures were commissioned by Tishman Speyer Trammell Crow Limited Partnership. Dine created the sculptures by pounding his clay models with boards and rocks in order to create hard, angular surfaces which appear to be worn by natural weathering. The patina appears aged as well.

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

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