Icarus, (sculpture)

Object Details

sculptor

Shifrin, Roy 1937-

founder

Fundicion Villa Valls

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 40.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.

Image on file.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 40.

Icarus/a bronze by Roy Shifrin /(cast 1976, Vila foundry, Spain)/Young Icarus of Greek mythology, acquired, used, and abuse/knowledge and caused his own demise./This bronze Icarus stands as both a warning and a hope. Today/man can acquire and use education, knowledge, and technology/to make humanity soar or to destroy you./The Borough of Manhattan Community College exists to help/each student soar for his own good and the good of us all.

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1976. Installed 1982

Control number

IAS 87870033

Type

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite

Owner/Location

Administered by State University of New York Buildings and Grounds Albany New York

Located Borough of Manhattan Community College 199 Chambers Street Courtyard, along West Street New York New York

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Abstract

Figure male--Torso

Mythology--Classical--Icarus

Record ID

siris_ari_302677

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