5 in 1
5 in 1 | |
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Artist | Tony Rosenthal |
Year | 1973–1974 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | CorTen steel |
Location | New York City |
40°42′46″N 74°00′11″W / 40.71272°N 74.00294°W |
5 in 1 is a 35-foot-tall (11 m), 75,000-pound (34,000 kg) painted CorTen steel sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, installed at 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan, New York.[1][2] Commissioned by the government of New York City in 1971 at a cost of $80,000, it was created between 1973 and 1974, and installed on the brick paved pedestrian mall of 1 Police Plaza.[3]
Rosenthal titled "5 in 1" as a metaphor for each of New York City's five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. He created the 35-by-28-by-42-foot (10.7 m × 8.5 m × 12.8 m) sculpture with five interlocking discs representing each of the boroughs.[4] Each of the five interlocking discs weighs 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg). At the time of its installation in 1974, "5 in 1" was the largest metal public art sculpture installed in New York City.[3]
Reception
Art critic Blake Gopnik has described 5 in 1 as a piece of "plop art".[5]
See also
References
- ^ Blake Gopnik (6 September 2012). "5-in-1 by Tony Rosenthal is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- ^ "The Public Art of Tony Rosenthal". The New York Times. 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b Glueck, Grace (1974-02-02). "'5 in 1' Getting It All Together". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ "Tony Rosenthal | 5 in 1 | One Police Plaza". www.tonyrosenthal.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ Gopnik, Blake (6 September 2012). "5-in-1 by Tony Rosenthal is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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