The Midtown Art on Display Walking Tour

Bounded by: E. 49 St. - E. 57 St. & Lexington & 5th Ave.

A 2 hour wallkig tour that focuses on the art on display in a part of Midtown Manhattan.
Works by such well known contemorary, modern artist as:
Frank Steller, Ramond Mason, Jean Dubuffet, Fernand Leger, Robert Cook, Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol,
Stuart Davis, Luis Sanguino, Michael Heizer, and Art Deco works by: Hildreth Mier, Louis Rigal, Eli Nadelman,
Arthur Convoy plus cut glass windows by Rene Lalique (2½ hour tour) and works by traditional artist such as:
Daniel Chester French, Andrew O"Connor, Philip Martiny, Herbert Adams and Charles Keck.

The 2 hour walking tour features:

"Dinoceras" 1971, by: Robert Cook, abstract, bronze scupture
"Psyche" 1999 by Arthur Carter
"Abundance" 1930 by Charles Keck
"The Spirit of Achievement" by NIna Saemondsson
"After Post card Flutter #3", wall tapestry, by: Stuart Davis
"Amor"
The Vanderbilt Portal, 1909 & 1919 by Stanford White, Daniel Chester French, Andrew O'Conner
"The Story of Creation" glass, gold leaf mosiac by: Hildreth Meir
"The Wheel of Life" one of the grandest / largest Art Deco decorations in New York
"Brick Sculpture" a pattern brick relief by: Alexandra Kasuba
"Three Cornered Hat" 1919, by: Picasso (sometimes available)
Optional: "Cross of the Good Shepard" "Frieze of the Apostles" "Shy Vestment - Trinity" "Grapes of Wheat Lintel"
................and the "Cross of the Resurrection" by: Louise Nevelson plus
"Salta Nel Mio Sacco" 1987, by Frank Stella
"Tapestry of Acrobats" by: Fernand Leger and a wall sized abstract work by Jean Dubuffet
Part of the Berlin Wall
"Levitated Mass" 1982, Michael Heizer
Works by Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Robert Indiana
An example of deconstructivism in a New York skyscraper
A nice example of a modernistic interpretation of classical forms on a New York skyscraper from 1928
"Manhattan Island" 1930, an Art Deco mural by: Arthur Covey

The 2½ hour tour includes:

Rene Lalique's only existing architectural glass work in New York City
The Partheion Cast Collection of the City College of NY (CUNY)
"The Adoration of the Magi" 1620, from the school of Peter Paul Ruben (sometimes available)

Meet 300 Park Ave. between E. 49 St. & E. 50 St.

Guided by Alfred Pommer an informative native New Yorker, a college graduate and a Licensed New York City Guide,
who has spent over 20 years researching, creating and leading walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.

Interested in a Private Walking Tour" ?
Call: (212) 979-2388 for details www.nycwalk.com
Or : Click Here for advance ticket sales

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