Relief Plaque with Winged Disc and Fruit Swag, One of Two, from Pennsylvania Station, NYC

Artist:Unknown

Medium: Pink granite

Geograhical Locations:

• Pennsylvania Station, New York, New York, United States

Dates:ca. 1910

Dimensions: 62 x 121 x 7 in. (157.5 x 307.3 x 17.8 cm)

Collections:

• American Art

Accession Number: 66.125.1

Catalogue Description:
Relief plaque with eagle standing on and surrounded by a garland, wings outstretched, extending to edges of plaque. Eagle faces left. From Penn Station exterior facade, built in 1910 by McKim, Mead, & White; demolished 1964. Eagle has spread wings, is facing left. Ribbon. Condition: deep vertical crack through entire plaque. This appears to be a fracture, not a two-piece plaque.

Brooklyn Museum