Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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, Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> "A photographer is simply someone who is looking for something that can't be found. The photograph is the record of that attempt."