Artists to Climb City's Bridges to Create Aerial Sculpture
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Artists to Climb City's Bridges to Create Aerial Sculpture

John Halpern, Gianfranco Mantegna, Ruth May Russell

Artists to Climb City's Bridges to Create Aerial Sculpture

description

Press release published to announce that on Thursday, May 19, 1977, seven artists plan to climb along the cables of the major bridges surrounding Manhattan (George Washington, Triborough, Queensborough, Williamsburg, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Verrazzano) to create an "aerial sculpture." Press release details what safety precautions the unnamed artists will take and after have assembled the art piece that they will "most likely be performing individual acts atop their bridge, such as dance piece and a musical improvisation." Additionally, there will be skywriting following the "timed release of colored smoke." Contact persons listed on the release include John Halpern, Gianfranco Mantegna, and Ruth May Russell.

$150.00
Condition:  Very Good / Good. Folded in three, purple pen notation on second page underlining the name Gianfranco Mantegna with an arrow pointing to message "At George Washington Bridge / Dear Jerry, Would you please give us an extra hand in case of big legal troubles? Thanks G.M." Rubber stamp on second page "A,C,A,I, - 77." 4.5 cm. stain on verso, light handling marks and edge wear.
[Object # 26602]