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Time Sculpture at Lincoln Center

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Location: Northern point
Sculptor: Philip Johnson
Architect: Philip Johnson / Alan Ritchie
Description: Four clocks set in three vertical faces of oblique trianguloid form on oblique trianguloid base
Materials: Form--bronze; base--granite
Dimensions: West clock Diameter: 5' (approximate); north clock Diameter: 4'8" (approximate); upper southeast clock Diameter: 4'6" (approximate); lower southeast clock Diameter: 1' (approximate); form H: 18'; base H: 3'6" (approximate)
Cast: 1998
Dedicated: May 19, 1999
Donor: Yaffe and Gedalio Grinberg
Inscription: 1) front of base at right: "TIMESCULPTURE AT LINCOLN CENTER / BY PHILIP JOHNSON 1998 / GIFT OF YAFFE & GEDALIO GRINBERG"

2) each clock face: "MOVADO"

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