Der Aufsteigende (The Rising Man) - NYC, NY, USA
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N 40° 45.123 W 073° 58.004
18T E 587225 N 4511746
Donation from Deutschland.
Waymark Code: WM17NZB
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2023
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"Title: Der Aufsteigende (The Rising Man)
Gift ID: UNNY009G
Die Aufsteigende (The Rising Man) is a bronze sculpture by German artist Fritz Cremer (1906 – 1993). The sculpture depicts a standing male figure about 8 ft. tall, aptly symbolizing the rising of man towards an awareness of his historic role and the unfolding of his strength.
The Rising Man liberates himself from a world which is a burden on him. He is a symbol of man’s liberation from the shackles of the past. The sculptor dedicated the work to people liberating themselves from oppression.
The sculpture was presented to the UN on September 17th, 1975, by the Foreign Minister of the German Democratic Republic, Oskar Fischer (1923 – 2020), on behalf of his country, as this work of art was gifted to the United Nations prior to German reunification. The gift was accepted by Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim (1918 – 2007) at a ceremony in the United Nations North Lawn garden, where Waldheim stated that the “vivid and arresting” statue rightly symbolized the United Nations, which “represents the bondage of the past, the liberation of the present, and the hopes for the future.”
Donor Region: Western European and Other Groups
Donor: Germany
Materials: Bronze
Medium: Cast bronze and white marble pedestal
Donation Date: September 17, 1975
Artist or Maker: Fritz Cremer
Dimensions: H: 17'6" x 16'7" x 7'11" "
TITLE: Die Aufsteigende
ARTIST(S): Cremer, Fritz,
DATE: 1975.; Dedicated Sept. 17, 1975.
MEDIUM: Bronze sculpture on a granite pedestal.
CONTROL NUMBER: 87870128
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Turtle Bay, Nueva York, 10017, EE. UU.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
none. But it is in a small forest...
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