Giant Chair with Horse - Denver, Colorado
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Big B Bob
N 39° 44.269 W 104° 59.304
13S E 500993 N 4398658
Beside the Denver public library there is a very large red chair (about two stories high) this in and of itself is somewhat unusual, but this chair also has a statue of a horse on it.
Waymark Code: WM6V93
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2009
Views: 25
From the DPL website:
The red chair is 21 feet tall and ten feet wide, and the pinto pony is six feet tall at the ears. The scale of this work is meant to recall that time in life when even everyday objects seemed monumental.
About the Yearling
“The Yearling” was originally commissioned for an elementary school in upper Manhattan. Says Lipski about this work, “I wanted to give kids something that would really be a cause for wonder.” When the school district asked Lipski to omit the horse, he refused, saying, “It just lost all its magic.” The sculpture spent 1997 in New York City’s Central Park, where it was widely acclaimed before traveling to Denver in 1998 for permanent installation. “If it makes people stop and feel something they haven’t felt before, I’m happy,” commented the artist, shortly before “The Yearling” was moved.
This sculpture was generously donated to former Denver Mayor Wellington E. Webb and the people of Denver by the NBT Foundation.
12/11/2008:
I was out here the other day researching a Waymark I was posting and parked near this sculpture. When I was finished, I took a quick picture and drove off. Today as I was photographing my Waymark, I notice that something was missing... the horse!
Don't panic, I called the library to inquire to the pony's whereabouts... they told me that the artist is touching up the sculpture and removed the horse for some fresh paint.
Today:
It returned a few weeks later and now the horse and chair are one again.
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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