Hunt 482
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
sculptor: Daniel Chester French, 1900
architect: Bruce Price
architectural style: Beaux-Arts, neoclassical
dedicated: Monday, October 31, 1898; Hunt’s birthday
The center piece of the Richard Morris Hunt Memorial is a larger than life size bust on stele of the famous architect. Below him is an allegorical figure in bas-relief, on a mosaic floor, approached by three steps. The back of the free-standing exedra supports decorative columns and a cornice and is flanked by French's allegorical, female statues.
To the right is "Architecture" holding a model of the World’s Columbian Exposition Administration Building. Opposite is "Painting and Sculpture" with a mallet in her right hand. Her left hand bears an artist’s palette and a figure of “Theseus” from the pediment of the Parthenon.
Manhattan - Upper East Side
Central Park (perimeter wall)
Fifth Avenue, between 70th & 71st Streets
New York, New York
Hunt 482
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
sculptor: Daniel Chester French, 1900
architect: Bruce Price
architectural style: Beaux-Arts, neoclassical
dedicated: Monday, October 31, 1898; Hunt’s birthday
The center piece of the Richard Morris Hunt Memorial is a larger than life size bust on stele of the famous architect. Below him is an allegorical figure in bas-relief, on a mosaic floor, approached by three steps. The back of the free-standing exedra supports decorative columns and a cornice and is flanked by French's allegorical, female statues.
To the right is "Architecture" holding a model of the World’s Columbian Exposition Administration Building. Opposite is "Painting and Sculpture" with a mallet in her right hand. Her left hand bears an artist’s palette and a figure of “Theseus” from the pediment of the Parthenon.
Manhattan - Upper East Side
Central Park (perimeter wall)
Fifth Avenue, between 70th & 71st Streets
New York, New York