The Midtown Art on Display Walking Tour
Bounded by: E. 49 St. - E. 57 St. & Lexington & 5th Ave.
A two 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, Damien Hirst, 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 and works by traditional artist such as: Daniel Chester French, Andrew O"Connor, Philip Martiny, Herbert Adams and Charles Keck.
The two hour walking tour features:
- "Dinoceras" 1971, by: Robert Cook, abstract, bronze scupture
- "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
- A drawing of the Rose Room from the turn of the last century by an unknown artist
- "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
................."Ascent" 2005, by Mark Pilato, commemorates 9/11
- "Salta Nel Mio Sacco" 1987, by Frank Stella
- "Virgin Mother" by Damien Hirst
- "Tapestry of Acrobats" by: Fernand Leger
- "The Crowd" by Raymond Mason
- "Levitated Mass" 1982, Michael Heizer
- 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 two and a half 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)
- Optional: Part of the Berlin Wall
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 19 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
Click for a special: "A Walking Tour of Rockefeller Center's Public Art Display"
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