Administered by City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation The Arsenal - Central Park New York New York 10021
Located Central Park Fifth Avenue & 67th Street New York New York
Date:
1926-1927. Dedicated September 29, 1927
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 201.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 201.
(On sculpture, lower left:) Karl morningstar Illav, Sculptor/William Jordan Rogers, John Theodore Haneman, Architects/Richard Davis, Geo Gallanger, Construction (On sculpture, lower right:) FOND. G. Vignali Firenza (On front of base:) SEVENTH REGIMENT NEW YORK/ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY/1917 IN MEMORIAM 1918 (Base, top left:) KARL ILLAVA, SCULPTOR signed
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Summary:
Seven soldiers charging the front lines in World War I. The wounded soldiers slump on the periphery as the three central figures, with grimacing mouths and clenched fists, attack with bayonets. The figures are placed in a sort of pyramid form on a stepped base.
