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Map
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39 x 9 in.
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Title
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Map of the Central Park Showing the Progress of the Work up to January 1st, 1860.
Description
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In 1853 after extensive study, the New York City Common Council approved a site surrounding the Croton Reservoir for a Manhattan park. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and designer Calvert Vaux were winners of a design competition, and in 1857 work began upon the original 778-acre site (it would grow to 843 acres).
This rare map was disseminated only through park's Board of Commissioners annual report, and to key players in the construction process--in this case, board member Andrew Haswell Green. It shows that almost all early work was concentrated upon the park's southern portion, and the extent to which its "natural" appearance was constructed. Significant rock outcroppings that remained from the Lawrentide Ice Sheet are marked by Olmsted--a fundamental driver of his design. Central Park was officially completed in 1876.
Creator
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Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, 1822 - 1903
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Board of Commissioners of the Central Park
Date
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1860
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1860_Pocket_Map_of_Central_Park,_New_York_City_-_Geographicus_-_CentralPark-olmstead-1860.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geographicus Fine Antique Maps, via Wikimedia Commons</a>
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jpeg, 466 KB
jpeg, 2 MB
Type
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Still image
Calvert Vaux
Central Park
Frederick Law Olmsted
Map
new york city
park
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Stereoview
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7 x 3.5 in.
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Title
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Bow Bridge, Central Park
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jpeg, 432 KB
jpeg, 735 KB
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Cooper, Ken
Description
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Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, and completed in 1862, this 87-foot span was the second cast-iron bridge constructed in the US. Its likeness to the bow of a violinist or archer gave the structure its name. Stereoview taken probably not long after its construction shows recent tree plantings.
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Chase, W[illiam] M[oody], 1817-1901
Date
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1870-1890
Source
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bow Bridge." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1930. <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-ee44-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-ee44-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99</a>
Type
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Still image
Bow Bridge, Central Park
Bridge
Central Park
New York
Stereoview
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Original Format
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Photograph
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5 x 7 in.
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Title
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Bow Bridge, Central Park
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of iconic cast iron bridge in New York's Central Park was one of six created for an historical survey in 1984. The description reads: "Designed by Calvert Vaux, the Bow Bridge is one of the most prominently located and visible cast iron bridges in Central Park. It is 87 feet, four inches long. This and other cast iron bridges in Central Park are among the very first built of that material in America. The J.B. and W.W. Cornell Foundry was the contractor. Restored in 1974 with funds provided by Lila A. Wallace and Lucy G. Moses, this graceful arch has been described by New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger as seeming 'to pour over the water.'" It is included in OpenValley because this view looking east is very similar to New Deal Gallery artist Inez Abernathy's <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1108" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Lake, Central Park"</a> with the Hotel Carlyle visible in the distance. This item consists of a slightly cropped version and the original proportions.
Creator
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Lowe, Jet (photographer)
Chamberlain, Holly K. (historian)
Publisher
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Historic American Engineering Record
Date
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1984
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<a href="Library%20of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ny1587/>" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ny1587/></a>
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jpeg, 1 MB
jpeg, 2.7 MB
Type
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Still image
Bow Bridge, Central Park
Central Park
Hotel Carlyle
Inez Abernathy
new york city
Photo
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Title
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New Deal Gallery
Description
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This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." <br /><br />Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection</a>. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame.<br /><br />Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options.
Date
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1935-1940
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken (project director)
Ritz, Abigail (photography and project assistant)
Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee.
Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Oil on Canvas
Physical Dimensions
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26 x 20 in.
Condition: surface dirt, crayon or pencil marks
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Title
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Fountain, Central Park
Description
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Depicted is the landmark Bethesda Fountain located in New York City's Central Park. The fountain is adorned by a bronze statue with small figures that appear to support the winged figure. Bethesda is a biblical reference to a pool that is believed to have had healing powers, so its use for a fountain's name has great significance. The warm colors and large brush strokes give this painting a sense of importance that is associated with being in Central Park--a location not far from Zucker's home in New York.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Artist</span>: Born in Radom, Poland, at age thirteen Zucker ran away from home, traveling by himself to study at the Bezalel Art School in Palestine. After serving with the Royal Fusilliers of England during World War I, he spent time in the Paris art scene before immigrating to the US in 1922. Here he first worked as a maker of fine jewelry; eventually, he was successful as a painter with studios in New York and Paris. Zucker counted as influences the French Romantics Pierre-Auguste Renoir and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Watteau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jean-Antoine Watteau</a>, along with contemporaries <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Utrillo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maurice Utrillo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Soutine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chaim Soutine</a>. He observed that, in Europe, artists know that a landscape has been painted many times, but in America “I feel liberated, unburdened by the weight of artistic precedent” (Salpeter). Zucker’s work was shown at places like the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum, and the Cheshire Gallery, as well as the Bonaparte and Paquereau Galleries in Paris. 5 more images at the <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-24-folder-49" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>; 1 statue at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-24-folder-48" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>.<br />
<p><br /><u>Sources Consulted</u>: Harry Salpeter, <a href="http://archive.esquire.com/article/1938/10/1/jacques-zucker-modern-romantic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Jacques Zucker: Modern Romantic,”</a> <em>Esquire</em> Oct. 1938: 59+. Dan Wolman, director, <em><a href="https://youtu.be/BceCvihjQ28" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jacques Zucker: Modern Romantic</a></em> (film short).</p>
Creator
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Zucker, Jacques, 1900-1981
Publisher
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Federal Art Project
Date
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1935-1940
Contributor
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Ritz, Abigail (photographer)
Serbalik, John (biography)
Cooper, Ken (biography)
Source
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New Deal Gallery, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Object #FA18376
Format
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jpeg, 1.2 MB
Type
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Still image
Identifier
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204
allocations
Central Park
Federal Art Project
fountain
Jacques Zucker
New Deal Gallery
new york city
New York, NY
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Title
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New Deal Gallery
Description
An account of the resource
This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." <br /><br />Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection</a>. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame.<br /><br />Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options.
Date
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1935-1940
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken (project director)
Ritz, Abigail (photography and project assistant)
Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee.
Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Oil Painting
Physical Dimensions
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30 x 24 in.
Condition: surface dirt
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Title
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Bridlepath, Central Park
Description
An account of the resource
Three women and one man are seen riding horses along a muddy trail; a younger rider with two braided pigtails leading them. A faded building is seen in the background--and we remind ourselves that this is New York City. There seem to be three distinct parts of this painting: the upper includes the building and the top parts of the trees; the middle includes the horses and the people. The bottom part of the painting is separated distinctly where the grass meets the trail, including the horses' feet and the muddy trail. <br /><br />About the Artist: We haven’t located much reliable information about this artist. As his NDG painting suggests, Dowling appears to have specialized in sporting art. He created an historical painting, “Saratoga, 1917” that showed Racing Association members living and deceased (<em>New York</em> <em>Herald </em>6 Aug. 1918: 3). Nine years later Dowling was asked to add 13 additional figures on the strength of his reputation in England and the US, which had included a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. He also ran a series of portraits in <em>Town and Country</em> depicting the opera singer Enrico Caruso, lawyer Paul D. Cravath, financier Otto H. Kahn, and broker Henry Rogers Winthrop (<em>The Saratogian </em>15 Aug. 1927: 5).
Creator
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Dowling, William, 1907-1980
Publisher
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Federal Art Project
Date
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1935-1940
Contributor
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Ritz, Abigail (photography)
Apthorpe, Jessica (biography)
Cooper, Ken (biography)
Source
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New Deal Gallery, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Object #FA18145
Format
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jpeg, 1.1 MB
jpeg, 13.4 MB
Type
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Still Image
Identifier
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055
1930s
Central Park
Federal Art Project
horses
New Deal
New Deal Gallery
painting
William Dowling