Keystone with Head of Bearded Man, One of Ten, from Park Lane Hotel, 299 Park Avenue, New York City (demolished 1966)
American Art
On View: Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
ARCHITECT
Schultze & Weaver
MAKER
George A. Fuller Co.
MEDIUM
Limestone
DATES
ca. 1924
DIMENSIONS
42 x 21 x 42 in. (106.7 x 53.3 x 106.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
84.14
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Anna and George Popkin
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
One of ten keystones of grotesque bearded male heads. These keystones taken from the facade of the Park Lane Hotel, 299 Park Avenue, between 48th and 49th Streets. The 14-story building was demolished in 1966.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
CAPTION
Schultze & Weaver. Keystone with Head of Bearded Man, One of Ten, from Park Lane Hotel, 299 Park Avenue, New York City (demolished 1966), ca. 1924. Limestone, 42 x 21 x 42 in. (106.7 x 53.3 x 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna and George Popkin, 84.14. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.84.14.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.84.14.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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