Saturday, March 23, 2013

Columbus

Statue of Christopher Columbus by Gaetano Russo, Columbus monument, Columbus Circle, New York

Statue of Christopher Columbus by Gaetano Russo, 1892
Columbus Monument, Columbus Circle
New York, September 2007

“For his latest project, he enclosed Gaetano Russo’s 1892 statue of Christopher Columbus at Columbus Circle within a living room on a scaffold more than 70 feet up. Visitors will be admitted into the 810-square-foot space for a carved-marble-eye view of Central Park.” (A Living Room Suspended Over Columbus Circle, The New York Times)

See also: Christopher Columbus - Columbus Circle - Columbus in Hamburg

3 comments:

Summertime Blues said...

http://krasodad.blogspot.gr/2012/11/blog-post_345.html

cieldequimper said...

Yes, he discovered India...

VP said...

...and was looking for Japan!