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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Fischer)

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Artist
  
Karl Fischer

Medium
  
Bronze

Type
  
Sculpture

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Fischer)

Year
  
1832 (original); 1932 (replica)

Subject
  
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Location
  
New York City, New York, United States

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is an outdoor bronze portrait bust of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by sculptor Karl Fischer, located on the south side of Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York. It is a replica of an iron and copper bust created by Kischer around 1832, the year of Goethe's death. Acquired by the Goethe Society of American in 1987, it was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until it was relocated to Bryant Park in 1932. Following its installation there, the iron and copper bust was replaced with a bronze casting and dedicated on February 15, 1932. The sculpture was refurbished in 1992 by the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation. The sculpture sits on a Swedish black granite pedestal.

References

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Fischer) Wikipedia