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verifiedigord 🇺🇸 2017-05-31 21:21
Double Check by Seward Johnson, ©1982 The Sculpture Foundation John Seward Johnson II was expected to work in the family business, Johnson & Johnson. And he did. Until his uncle Robert Wood Johnson II fired him in 1962. Now without a job, the 32-year old turned his attention to painting and, later, to sculpture. With an eye for everyday people and situations Johnson was able to create astonishing art from the mundane and commonplace. Like Charles Dana Gibson or Norman Rockwell before him, the subjects for his life-like sculptures were regular people going about their ordinary lives. One such sculpture was the life-sized bronze titled “Double Check.” Created in 1982, the artist loaned it to Merrill Lynch to be displayed in Liberty Plaza Park in the Financial District. Johnson’s businessman sits on a bench, sifting through his briefcase to make sure he has everything in preparation for a meeting. For nearly two decades it delighted tourists and made frenzied stock brokers and bankers smile. And then came September 11, 2001. When the World Trade Towers came down, plunging New York and the country into mourning and disbelief, grey ash covered the ruins of Liberty Park. As the clouds of debris cleared and emergency responders flooded into the area, some mistook the statue for a dazed survivor. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/03/john-seward-johnson-iis-double-check.html
Double Check by Seward Johnson, ©1982 The Sculpture Foundation John Seward Johnson II was expected to work in the family business, Johnson & Johnson. And he did. Until his uncle Robert Wood Johnson II fired him in 1962. Now without a job, the 32-year old turned his attention to painting and, later, to sculpture. With an eye for everyday people and situations Johnson was able to create astonishing art from the mundane and commonplace. Like Charles Dana Gibson or Norman Rockwell before him, the subjects for his life-like sculptures were regular people going about their ordinary lives. One such sculpture was the life-sized bronze titled “Double Check.” Created in 1982, the artist loaned it to Merrill Lynch to be displayed in Liberty Plaza Park in the Financial District. Johnson’s businessman sits on a bench, sifting through his briefcase to make sure he has everything in preparation for a meeting. For nearly two decades it delighted tourists and made frenzied stock brokers and bankers smile. And then came September 11, 2001. When the World Trade Towers came down, plunging New York and the country into mourning and disbelief, grey ash covered the ruins of Liberty Park. As the clouds of debris cleared and emergency responders flooded into the area, some mistook the statue for a dazed survivor. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/03/john-seward-johnson-iis-double-check.html
verifiedigord 🇺🇸 2017-05-31 21:21
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