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Manhattan Sentinels by Beverly Pepper
Photo CreditGSA\Charlotte Cohen
Manhattan Sentinels
Photo CreditGSA\Charlotte Cohen

Manhattan Sentinels

Artist
Year1996
Classification sculpture
Medium iron
Dimensionseach column: 36 to 39 ft. high
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location

  • The sculpture group Manhattan Sentinels includes four cast-iron totemic forms that range in height from 36 to 39 feet and incorporate grass and seating areas on two plazas flanking the Federal Office Building at 26 Federal Plaza. These sculptures stand in active dialogue with our urban spaces. In the past, forms such as these served as monuments to civic pride or spiritual devotion. Today they also celebrate human aspirations and continuity, and invite us to reflect on shared meanings and experience.


    Beverly Pepper was born in New York City where she studied at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League. She also trained with Fernand Léger and at the Grande Chaumière with André Lhote in Paris, France. Her works are represented in major museums and public and private collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Florence Museum of Art, Italy; and the Barcelona Museum of Modern Art, Spain.