'INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE', TWO GRAPHITES ON PAPER

MICHAEL GRAVES FOR THE 'INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE' MURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, LIBERTY STATE PARK, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, 1985

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'INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE', TWO GRAPHITES ON PAPER
michael graves for the 'industrial landscape' mural, environmental education center, liberty state park, jersey city, new jersey, 1985
Comprising two sketches in pencil on yellow tracing paper, the smaller one signed Graves '85
17 7/8 x 19 3/8in.(45.5 x 49.3cm.) the larger sketch, framed (2)

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The Environmental Education Center is located in the reclaimed marshes of Liberty State Park. The landscape is dotted with ruins and foundations of the factories which once blighted the shores of the Hudson. These sketches for a mural located in the building recall the area's industrial past.

Cf. Karen Vogel Nichols et. al., Michael Graves: Buildings and Projects 1982-1989, 1990, pp.24-27.

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