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The sculpture, including the fountain, marked the center of the development and was a popular meeting place for New Yorkers. The work of art was dedicated to "world peace through trade". The original name "Große Kugelkaryatide N.Y." did not catch on with the New Yorkers. They called the spherical sculpture "Koenig Sphere" or simply "The Sphere ...
Koenig's collection focused on a world-renowned collection of African works of art. Koenig was a board member of the German Association of Artists from 1961 to 1972. Fritz Koenig was also the recipient of numerous awards, including the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
[36] [37] The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Memorial by Elyn Zimmerman was dedicated in 1995; [38] it was a granite fountain dedicated to the 1993 bombing victims. [39] Fritz Koenig's bronze sculpture The Sphere, measuring 25 feet (7.6 m) high, [40] [41] was dedicated in 1972. [42]
Koenig, Fritz, 1924-2017 , sculptor Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912-1986 , architect Date Created/Published: [1976] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; sheet 13 x 10 cm (4 x 5 format) Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-14443 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
The sculpture was commissioned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1969 and installed in 1970 at the World Trade Center in New York City. The sculpture was heavily damaged in the collapse of 7 World Trade Center, where the sculpture was located. Only around 40 percent of the sculpture was recovered from the site after the attacks.
DE PERE - After a summer shrouded in mystery beneath a bright yellow covering, the Mulva Cultural Center’s newest sculpture is out for the world to see. “The curious planet,” an 18-foot tall ...
Texas is looking at a plan to ramp up migrant buses again — but instead of sending them to sanctuary cities, officials would ship newly arrived illegal migrants directly to ICE holding centers ...
There were eight one-of-a-kind public works of art in the World Trade Center Complex at the time of the attacks: Bent Propeller by Alexander Calder, 1970; The Sphere by Fritz Koenig, 1971; World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture (known as Cloud Fortress) by Masayuki Nagare, 1972; Ideogram by James Rosati, 1972