Rocket Thrower (De Lue)
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Rocket Thrower (De Lue) is a bronze sculpture by American artist Donald De Lue, created for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair and depicting a muscular figure hurling a rocket skyward.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rocket Thrower (De Lue) canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| artist | Donald De Lue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artMovement | 20th-century American sculpture ⓘ |
| borough | Queens ⓘ |
| category |
1964 sculptures
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Bronze sculptures in the United States ⓘ Sculptures in New York City ⓘ World's Fair architecture and sculpture ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | New York World's Fair Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | 1964–1965 New York World's Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedFor | 1964–1965 New York World's Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| context | Cold War space race era ⓘ |
| coordinates | near Unisphere in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Donald De Lue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
celestial bodies
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dynamic, athletic pose ⓘ man reaching toward stars ⓘ muscular male figure ⓘ rocket ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | permanent installation in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ |
| foundry | cast in bronze ⓘ |
| genre | figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| hasSubjectHeading | Rocket Thrower (Donald De Lue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 43 feet ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| location |
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
NERFINISHED
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Queens, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with 1964–1965 New York World's Fair
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space age imagery ⓘ |
| owner | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| style | heroic realism ⓘ |
| subject | idealized human form ⓘ |
| subjectGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectPosition | figure hurling rocket skyward ⓘ |
| theme |
human aspiration
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space exploration ⓘ |
| yearOfWorldsFair |
1964
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1965 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rocket Thrower