Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964)
American Art
On View: Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
This truncated shaft was one of the enormous columns that stood at the north and south ends of the Waiting Room in the original Pennsylvania Station, a vast railroad-terminal complex whose style was inspired by ancient Roman baths. Completed in 1910, the station was demolished in 1963.
DESIGNER
Charles Follen McKim
COMMISSIONED BY
Pennsylvania Railroad (Alexander Cassatt, President)
MEDIUM
Travertine marble
DATES
ca. 1910
DIMENSIONS
145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm)
Base: 57 x 57 in. (144.8 x 144.8 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
66.250.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Lipsett Incorported
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Truncated column with base, capital, and partial shaft. Originally installed in the Pennsylvania Station waiting room. A set of six ionic columns flanked each of the stairways leading from the 31st and 33rd street entrances to the main waiting room.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
CAPTION
Charles Follen McKim. Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964), ca. 1910. Travertine marble, 145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lipsett Incorported, 66.250.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.66.250.2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.66.250.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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