Double Check in Liberty Plaza
John Seward Johnson II was expected to work in the family business, Johnson & Johnson. And he did. Until his uncle Robert Wood Johnson II fired him in 1962.
Now without a job, the 32-year old turned his attention to painting and, later, to sculpture. With an eye for everyday people and situations Johnson was able to create astonishing art from the mundane and commonplace. Like Charles Dana Gibson or Norman Rockwell before him, the subjects for his life-like sculptures were regular people going about their ordinary lives.
One such sculpture was the life-sized bronze titled “Double Check.” Created in 1982, the artist loaned it to Merrill Lynch to be displayed in Liberty Plaza Park in the Financial District. Johnson’s businessman sits on a bench, sifting through his briefcase to make sure he has everything in preparation for a meeting.
see
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.ca/2012/03/john-seward-johnson...
Double Check in Liberty Plaza
John Seward Johnson II was expected to work in the family business, Johnson & Johnson. And he did. Until his uncle Robert Wood Johnson II fired him in 1962.
Now without a job, the 32-year old turned his attention to painting and, later, to sculpture. With an eye for everyday people and situations Johnson was able to create astonishing art from the mundane and commonplace. Like Charles Dana Gibson or Norman Rockwell before him, the subjects for his life-like sculptures were regular people going about their ordinary lives.
One such sculpture was the life-sized bronze titled “Double Check.” Created in 1982, the artist loaned it to Merrill Lynch to be displayed in Liberty Plaza Park in the Financial District. Johnson’s businessman sits on a bench, sifting through his briefcase to make sure he has everything in preparation for a meeting.
see
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.ca/2012/03/john-seward-johnson...