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  • Location: Hunts Point Recreation Center, 765 Manida Street
  • Sculptor: Monica Banks
  • Architect: Castro-Blanco Piscioneri and Associates / Hanrahan and Meyers
  • Description: Sculpture of horse made out of a continuous piece of steel, on flat metal base
  • Materials: Metal
  • Dimensions: H: 75" L: 76" W: 29" Plaque: L: 10 " W: 8.5"
  • Cast: 2002
  • Dedicated: 2002
  • Donor: City of New York, Percent for Art
  • Inscription: Louisa/I am Louisa, a black horse/one line, 978 feet long, see if/you find where I begin and end/but please don't climb or scratch me,/because I'm here for you to enjoy/ with your eyes, again and again,/like a friend./ Monica Banks, 2001/ Louisa and Rusty, steel rod//Commissioned by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs/Percent for Art program, the Department of Parks and Recreation,/ and the Department of Design and Construction

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