Research Catalog

Title

Murals of New York City : the best of New York's public paintings from Bemelmans to Parrish / written by Glenn Palmer-Smith ; photographs by Joshua McHugh ; introduction by Grayson Carter.

Author

Palmer-Smith, Glenn, 1941-

Publication

New York : Rizzoli, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McHugh, Joshua
• Carter, Graydon

Description

227 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color); 27 x 32 cm

Summary

"Whether it is cocktails at the Carlyle, taking in a show at Lincoln Center, or flying out of LaGuardia Airport's venerable Marine Air Terminal, uptown to downtown to the outer boroughs, the art created for the walls and ceilings of New York's City's bars, hotels, offices government buildings, and schools have themselves created the identities of the spaces they live in. Murals of New York City is the first book to curate more than thirty of the most important, influential, and impressive murals found within all five boroughs. Full-color photographs of works such as Paul César Helleu's Sky Ceiling on Grand Central Terminal's ceiling, José María Sert's and Frank Brangwyn's Rockefeller Center murals, and work by such artists as Chagall, Haring, Lichtenstein, Parrish, and more are accompanied by informative and historical commentary"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Mural painting and decoration > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
• Mural painting and decoration > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism

Contents

New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division (1900) -- King Cole Bar (1906) -- The Morgan Library & Museum (1906) -- Grand Central Terminal (1912) -- The Hispanic Society of America (1919) -- Chrysler Building (1931) -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1931) -- The New School (1931) -- Radio City Music Hall (1932) -- Rockefeller Center (1934) -- Café des Artistes (1934) -- American Museum of Natural History (1935) -- Harlem YMCA (1935) -- Harlem Hospital (1936) -- New York State Supreme Court (1936) -- Alexander Hamilton U. S. Custom House (1937) -- Bronx General Post Office (1938) -- Staten Island Borough Hall (1938) -- George Washington High School (1938) -- Marine Air Terminal (1942) -- Bemelmans Bar (1947) -- Monkey Bar (1949) -- Café Carlyle (1955) -- The Metropolitan Opera (1966) -- New York City Ballet (1967) -- The Peck Slip Arcade & Glockenspeil (1978) -- Axa Equitable Center (1984) -- Palio Bar (1985) -- A museum, a park & a hospital (1986) -- Christie's New York (1999) -- The Waverly Inn and Garden (2007) -- Goldman Sachs (2009) -- Mark Morris Dance Center (2012)

Call Number

ND2638.N4

ISBN

• 9780847841486 (hc)
• 0847841480 (hc)

LCCN

2013934332

OCLC

832278387

Author

Palmer-Smith, Glenn, 1941- author.

Title

Murals of New York City : the best of New York's public paintings from Bemelmans to Parrish / written by Glenn Palmer-Smith ; photographs by Joshua McHugh ; introduction by Grayson Carter.

Publisher

New York : Rizzoli, 2013.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

McHugh, Joshua, photographer.

Carter, Graydon, writer of introduction.

Research Call Number

*R-ART ND2638.N4 P35 2013