Keystone with Head of Bearded Man, One of Ten, from Park Lane Hotel, 299 Park Avenue, New York City (demolished 1966)
Object Label
These large keystones of male heads wearing garlands of grapevines represent satyrs (mythological creatures that are part human and part animal) or, perhaps, Bacchus, the god of wine in classical mythology. Their lively visages once adorned the facade of the Park Lane Hotel at Park Avenue between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Streets in Manhattan. The fourteen-story building was demolished in 1966.
Caption
Schultze & Weaver; George A. Fuller Co.. Keystone with Head of Bearded Man, One of Ten, from Park Lane Hotel, 299 Park Avenue, New York City (demolished 1966), 1924. Limestone, 41 x 22 x 24 in. (104.1 x 55.9 x 61.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederick Fried through Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, 66.252.7.
Collection
Collection
Title
Keystone with Head of Bearded Man, One of Ten, from Park Lane Hotel, 299 Park Avenue, New York City (demolished 1966)
Date
1924
Geography
Place made: New York, New York, United States
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
41 x 22 x 24 in. (104.1 x 55.9 x 61.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick Fried through Anonymous Arts Recovery Society
Accession Number
66.252.7
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