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Hans Christian Andersen map_it

  • Sculptor: Georg John Lober
  • Architect: Otto F. Langmann (Bench)
  • Description: Seated figure (heroic scale) on bench, cygnet figure
  • Materials: Figures--bronze; Bench--Stony Creek pink granite (polished)
  • Cast: 1956
  • Dedicated: September 18, 1956
  • Foundry: Modern Art Foundry
  • Donor: Danish American Women's Association
  • Inscription: 1) Bench, rear: HANS * CHRISTIAN * ANDERSEN / THIS MONUMENT IS THE GIFT OF / THE CHILDREN OF DENMARK AND / NEW YORK CITY AND THEIR FRIENDS / 1956 / SPONSORED BY / THE DANISH AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION / BARONESS ALMA DAHLERUP FOUNDER / 2) In open book: THE UGLY DUCKLING /---/ IT WAS BEAUTIFUL IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS SUMMER / THE WHEAT FIELDS WERE GOLDEN AND THE OATS WERE / GREEN. DOWN AMONG THE GREEN / MEADOWS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FORESTS WERE / DEEP LAKES. YES IT WAS INDEED LOVELY OUT / THERE IN THE COUNTRY. IN THE MIDST OF / THE SUNSHINE THERE STOOD AN OLD MANOR / HOUSE THAT HAD A DEEP MOAT AROUND IT. / FROM THE WALLS OF THE MANOR RIGHT DOWN TO / THE WATER'S EDGE [...] 3) Hat brim, proper right: OTTO F. LANGMANN / -ARCHITECT- / GEORG J. LOBER / -SCULPTOR- / 1956 © 4) Hem of coat, proper left rear: MODERN ART FDRY N.Y.

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