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Transportation, (sculpture). Artist:  Coutan, Jules Felix, 1848-1939, sculptor. Donnelly, John, 1867-1947, carver. Warren & Wetmore, architectural firm. William Bradley & Son, fabricator. Title:  Transportation, (sculpture). Dates:  1911-1914.; Installed June 1914. Medium:  Indiana limestone and clock. Dimensions:  Overall H. 48 ft.; Clock: Diam. 13 ft.; Mercury: H. 28 ft. Eagle's Wings: W. 35 ft. (over 1,000 lbs.). Description:  A clock with three colossal figures and an eagle group around it. In the center, the figure of Mercury in winged cap, with proper right hand extended and proper left hand holding a magic wand. Behind him is an eagle who peers around his proper right leg. To Mercury's proper right is the figure of Hercules who reclines holding an anvil in his proper right hand and sits on a cogwheel with a beehive beside him. To Mercury's proper left is the figure of Minerva reading from the book of fate. She holds a pen in her proper right hand. On either side of the clock, a cornucopia spills over abundantly. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Mercury Mythology -- Classical -- Minerva Mythology -- Classical -- Hercules Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation Object Type:  Clock Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Grand Central Station, South facade at 42nd Street & Park Avenue, New York, New York Remarks:  From 1911 to 1914, Coutan worked in his Paris studio on a clay maquette of the three figures. The sculpture was carved by John Donnelly from Coutan's quarter-size plaster models shipped from Paris. Built from separate stones that are layered and cemented together, William Bradley & Son executed the work in six weeks, using pneumatic steel chisels, cranes and other devices. References:  Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988. Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Illustration:  Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 121. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 87870111   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87870111 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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