Untitled, for Imre Lendvai - Tarrytown, NY - Abstract Public Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This sculpture was made with recycled steel from the old Tappan Zee Bridge.

"In 2019, after 62 years of service (12 years longer than its life expectancy), the Tappan Zee’s eastern half was demolished, and the western half was lowered and carted away on a barge. But while the bridge is no more, a small percentage of its steel has been used in the sculptures being installed around its replacement, the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

Artists submitting project ideas for the new bridge’s art program were encouraged to incorporate steel from the old bridge, and three of the 10 commissioned artworks do just that.

“It was an interesting challenge, and it was great to be able to do it,” says artist Thomas Lendvai, who normally works in wood. “It took me out of my comfort zone.” His sculpture, Untitled, for Imre Lendvai (dedicated to his father) is made from 90% reclaimed Tappan Zee steel. It consistsof seven graduated octagons, increasing from three feet to nine feet wide, slightly askew to each other, with congruent interior angle sides. The sculpture was fabricated in Mount Vernon and painted a terracotta red.

Lendvai, who has done large-scale work before but not public sculpture, says his piece was designed to put the viewer in mind of an echo or ripples on the water, a fitting concept considering its permanent home on the Westchester side of the Hudson River.

“Using bridge steel got me to think of the sculpture as being more like a skeletal form,” he says, as well as giving him ideas for future projects. “It will be exciting to see what comes after this one.”"

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Title: Untitled, for Imre Lendvai Artist: Thomas Lendvai Media (materials) used: Steel Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge walkway Date of creation or placement: 2020

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