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 The Rocket Thrower - Queens, NY Posted by:  bluesnote
N 40° 44.844 W 073° 50.526
18T E 597752 N 4511362
One of a few sculptures still left over from the 1964 Worlds Fair in Flushing Meadows park.
Waymark Code: WMYP84
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2018
Views: 4
Taken from Wikipedia, "The Rocket Thrower (1963) is a bronze sculpture by American sculptor Donald De Lue. Created for the 1964 New York World's Fair, it is located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. De Lue was among a total of five sculptors who would create pieces for the fairground. He was contracted in 1962 for the amount of $105,000 with a deadline for completion of under six months. De Lue completed a full plaster model in 1963 at which time it was sent to Italy to be cast."
TITLE: The Rocket Thrower, (sculpture)
ARTIST(S): De Lue, Donald, 1897-1988, sculptor. Fond. Art V. Lera, founder.
DATE: 1964. Installed ca. 1964.
MEDIUM: Figure: bronze; Rocket: nickel bronze; Stars: mercury gold; Base: pink marble.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76002360
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
Located Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Flushing, New York
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Some corrosion noted.
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