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In 1967, Koenig was awarded the contract by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as the client and property owner of the development. [3] [1] The Sphere falls into Koenig's creative phase of various caryatids, in which Koenig stages a struggle with constricting or burdensome geometrizing masses. With his sculpture Koenig wanted to mark ...
The Sphere, a large cast bronze sculpture by German artist Fritz Koenig, had stood in Austin J. Tobin Plaza between the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan. Recovered from the rubble after the September 11 attacks in 2001, whole but visibly damaged, The Sphere was re-erected in Battery Park, near the Hope Garden. [13]
From 1967 to 1971, Koenig created his main work that led him to world fame: At the behest of the World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki and on behalf of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Koenig created a fountain system with the bronze sculpture Große Kugelkaryatide N.Y. (later known as The Sphere) for the World Trade Center ...
Fritz Koenig's bronze sculpture The Sphere, measuring 25 feet (7.6 m) high, [40] [41] was dedicated in 1972. [42] Ideogram , a stainless-steel sculpture designed by James Rosati , was located on the plaza near the Marriott World Trade Center .
About $50 million was allocated to the park's construction by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in December 2013. [133] The park opened on June 29, 2016. [144] [145] On August 16, 2017, the Port Authority installed the iconic sculpture The Sphere within the park, overlooking its original location in the old World Trade Center. [154]
The Sphere, located in the center of the plaza. The world's largest bronze sculpture of modern times stood between the Twin Towers on the Austin J. Tobin Plaza of the World Trade Center in New York City from 1972 until the September 11 attacks. The work, weighing more than 20 tons, was the only remaining work of art to be recovered largely ...
The Sphere, the monumental and world's largest cast bronze sculpture of modern times created by German artist Fritz Koenig stood between the twin towers on the Austin J. Tobin Plaza of the World Trade Center in New York City from 1971 until the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The artefact, weighing more than 20 tons, was the only ...
The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Clarke for the 1964 New York World's Fair.