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Results for "Abstract sculpture"
31 monuments found.
Puerto Rican Sun
Fox Park
Bronx
Assemblage of upright plates
Skagerrak
Bellevue South Park
Manhattan
Three solid rectangular forms, joined at different angles in a line, and balanced on three points
The New York Times Capsule
Theodore Roosevelt Park
Manhattan
Time capsule, containing more than 100 objects and artifacts and resting on a monolith; plaque set in a paving block
Tomorrow's Wind
Thomas Jefferson Park
Manhattan
Plate segments sandwiched together and filled with grid
Tree of Hope III
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Malls
Manhattan
Polychrome sculpture
Triumph of the Human Spirit
Thomas Paine Park
Manhattan
Fountain: circular basin supports a colossal composition consisting of a horizontal member lying across the basin with one end resting against a boulder; the horizontal form supports a tall, vertical form resembling an inverted dagger; plaque
Voice 1
West Harlem Piers
Manhattan
Sculpture representing casting loop on fishing poles, stands fully upright
Voice 2
West Harlem Piers
Manhattan
Sculpture representing casting loop on fishing poles, tilted slightly to the ground
Voice 4
West Harlem Piers
Manhattan
Sculpture representing casting loop on fishing pole, tilted almost to the ground
Wingdale
Major Mark Park
Queens
Two upright, roughly L-shaped beams, joined head to foot;aperture at the center
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