July Issue 1999
Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Moves to New York City
The national tour of American Masters: Sculpture from Brookgreen Gardens continued with its opening in New York City on May 10. This followed a successful visit to the Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago. In New York, the 42-work display of some of the most consequential pieces of American figurative sculpture is housed in the galleries of the National Sculpture Society at the Tower of the Amricas on 6th Avenue at 45th Street. It may be seen there through July 30. The American Masters exhibit and its national tour were generously supported by BMW and the Henry Luce Foundation.
Brookgreen Gardens, located just south of Murrels Inlet, SC, houses one of the largest collections of outdoor sculpture in America. This preeminent collection of American representational sculpture includes - 560 works by 240 artists - representing such well-known artists as Charles Parks, Daniel Chester French, Carl Milles, August Saint-Gaudens and Anna Hyatt Huntington.
Joining American Masters in New York City this summer will be five additional works from the Brookgreen collection. Paul Manship's Time and the Fates of Man (1939), Evening (1938), Diana (1924), Actaeon (1924), and Cycle of Life (1924) will be displayed under the auspices of the Public Art Fund at Rockefeller Center through Sept. 7. There they will join Prometheus (1934), the familiar Manship sculpture that has been the symbol of Rockefeller Center since its opening in 1934. Together these compelling works will celebrate one of America's greatest sculptors at one of America's most celebrated landmarks.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call Brookgreen Gardens at 843/237-4218.
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