Prometheus - New York, NY
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N 40° 45.523 W 073° 58.715
18T E 586215 N 4512474
One of the most iconic images of Rockefeller Center.
Waymark Code: WM13ZB3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2021
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Taken from Wikipedia, "Prometheus is a 1934 gilded cast bronze sculpture by Paul Manship, located above Lower Plaza at the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City. It is 18 feet (5.5 m) tall and weighs 8 tons. Four Prometheus maquettes exist: one at the Smithsonian Institution, one at the Minnesota Museum of Art, and two in private collections."
"Against its west wall, Paul Manship's huge bronze figure of Prometheus rises above spouting streams of water." - New York City, 1939
Book: New York City
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 335
Year Originally Published: 1939
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