Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/17

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Subject: [Leica] New Yorkers: what status is this?
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:03:29 +0100
References: <CAF8hL-EGM-uEHE=KZ6VCNebkz6UKOP1+xYRZH5WA-PoSkzy_6A@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-H5qDubAfUBc+iS1xCfASOVWyYu-+k8+p9xiqpUp4Gyew@mail.gmail.com> <514555D2.5080405@jayburleson.com>

Here is the rest of the family
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/NYC-2013/NYC-Rockfeller-Mermaid-7619.jpg.html
and
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/NYC-2013/NYC-Rockfeller-Prometheus-2623.jpg.html

Bien cordialement de Metz
Philippe


Le 17 mars 13 ? 06:34, Jay Burleson a ?crit :

> Paul Manship
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manship
> Paul Manship created the heroic-sized bronze Mankind Figures of  
> Maiden and Youth in 1933 to flank the golden Titan Prometheus. The 8- 
> foot statues stood on the granite shelves on either side of Titan's  
> fountain, forming a sculptural group that depicted Prometheus giving  
> mainkind the gift of fire. Manship was displeased with their  
> placement and had them moved around a number of times, before they  
> finally moved to storage on top of the British Empire Building where  
> they remained for fifty years. In 1983, they were restored, given a  
> traditional brotwn patina and placed in the skating rink on new  
> pedestals. During a 2001 restoration, they were moved to the top of  
> the staircase, where they symbolically "present" Prometheus.
>
>
> On 3/16/2013 10:19 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>> STATUE of course :-)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Richard Man
>> <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Don't think I ever saw this before in the Rockefeller Center and I  
>>> forgot
>>> to note down the name. Who is this dude?
>>>
>>> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20130316-Scanned-53.jpg
>>>
>>> --
>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>>
>>>
> -- 
> Jay,
>
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> looking for something that can't be found.
> The photograph is the record of that attempt."
>
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