Durer Rhinoceros - Bronze
Theft of NASA Bronze Sculpture - March 10, 2010 Image Below
The Durer Rhino was a woodblock print done in 1515.
As the story goes, an Indian Raja sent the King of Portugal an Indian Rhino by ship which sank off the coast of Italy. A traveler saw the rhino's body washed up on the beach and described it to Durer. From that verbal description Durer scribed his famous woodblock.
I tried to match Durer's image in 3 dimensions.
My bronze sculptural version of the Durer Woodcut - 1515 is back from the foundry and available now. details…
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NASA Bronze Sculpture Stolen
On the evening of Tuesday March 9, 2010 This Bronze Sculpture, "We Have Lift Off" was stolen from it's temporary base outside my studio in Wappingers Falls, NY.
Dimensions: 42 Inches High x 72 Inches Long x 53 Inches Wide. Weight 1500 pounds. It is designed to sit on a thirty two inch base so that the tail of the shuttle is 74 inches high. Nine 24 inch figures are standing on a crumbling infrastructure and books holding up the NASA Shuttle. It is a private commission.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of this piece please contact me or the Wappingers Falls, NY Police Department 845 298 2645.
Michael Speaker
We Have Lift Off
by Michael Speaker