Lombard Lamp

Artist: Borner, Carl

Status: In Situ and Within Central Park

Title: Lombard Lamp 

Dates: 1979

Medium: Iron and aluminum

Dimensions: H. 15 ft. 1,320 pounds

Inscription: LOMBARD LAMP: / LAMPS SUCH AS THIS ONE HAVE BEEN A FAMILIAR SIGHT IN HAMBURG, / GERMANY, SINCE 1869, WHERE THEY GRACE THE FAMOUS LOMBARD BRIDGE. / THIS LOMBARD LAMP IS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK / CITY BY THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE HANSEATIC CITY OF HAMBURG / SO THAT IT MAY FOREVER BRIGHTEN A BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP IN / HUMAN RELATIONS, TRADE AND COMMERCE. / MARCH 1979