Time Scultpure at Lincoln Center

Artist: Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005, sculptor & architect.

With: Ritchie, Alan, architect

Status: In Situ

Title: Time Sculpture at Licoln Center 

Dates: Cast 1988. Dedicated May 19. 1999.

Medium: Bronze and granite base

Dimensions: H. 18 ft. Base H. 40 in. West clock 60 in. diamter, North clock 56 in. diameter. Upper southeast clock 54 in. diameter. Lower southeast clock 12 in. diameter

Inscription: Front of base at right: TIMESCULPTURE AT LINCOLN CENTER / BY PHILIP JOHNSON 1998 / GIFT OF YAFFE & GEDALIO GRINBERG.  Each clock face: MOVADO.

Description: Four circular clocks set in three vertical faces of an oblique triangular form, atop an oblique triangular base.

Owner: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Located Northern point, Dante Park, Columbus Ave and W 63rd Street, New York, New York.

Remarks: A combination of sculpture, architecture, and functional, modern design, Time Sculpture was created by the famed architect Philip Johnson, who also designed the New York State Theater (now David H. Koch Theater) at Lincoln Center, which is visible ust across Columbus Avenue from the three side clock. Yaffe and Gedalio Grindberg, founder of the watchmaker Movado, underwrote the project.

References: Blumenthal, Ralph, “Debating a Sculpture With a Name and 4 Faces,” New York Times, July 9, 1996, Section C, p. 11.