"Spirit of the Wheel" Sculpture
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939
Material: height: 3 3/8 x width: 5 inches
Creator: Gadaleta, Cosmo
Identifier: aql:2212 2014.24.373WF39 QMOA
Description: View of René P. Chambellan's sculpture "Spirit of the Wheel" surrounded by flags and flowerbeds. The sculpture depicted a nude man gliding behind a large sun-like object and was located near the South Corona Gate.
Creator :
Gadaleta, Cosmo
Date :
circa 1939
Summary/Description :
View of René P. Chambellan's sculpture "Spirit of the Wheel" surrounded by flags and flowerbeds. The sculpture depicted a nude man gliding behind a large sun-like object and was located near the South Corona Gate.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Flags; Sculpture; Flight; Nudes; Transportation Area
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Coverage :
Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
black-and-white negatives
Format :
height: 3 3/8 x width: 5 inches
Identifier :
aql:2212 2014.24.373WF39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Flags; Sculpture; Flight; Nudes; Transportation Area
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Flags; Sculpture; Flight; Nudes; Transportation Area
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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