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Results for "Abstract sculpture"
31 monuments found.
Freedom of the Human Spirit
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens
Group of two upright figures (heroic scale), one male,one female, supported by three swans in flight, attached to upright spikes, on a circular pedestal
Growth
Harlem Art Park
Manhattan
Composition of flowing forms
Harlem Hybrid
Roosevelt Triangle
Manhattan
Irregular assemblage of plates of different shapes and thicknesses
Icon II
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Staten Island
Upright X-form on plinth
Kryeti-Aekyad #2
John Jay Park
Manhattan
Precariously balanced pieces of steel
Little Dances
Queens
Open composition of circular, linear, and globular forms with raised text on a cylindrical base
Luminescence
Hunter's Point South Park
Queens
seven cast concrete domes representing the phases of the moon
Night Presence IV
Park Avenue Malls
Manhattan
Openwork construction: undulating ribbon forms frame enlaged doorknob forms and a cut-out of a bird in profile.
Peace Clock
Trygve Lie Plaza
Manhattan
Abstract kinetic sculpture in the form of a clock whose arms form the peace sign twice a day (at 4pm and 4am).
Peace Form One
Ralph Bunche Park
Manhattan
Tall obelisk with variegated surface on a pentagonal base; plaque
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