Bryant Park's free open-air library,
somewhere between 1934 and 1937,
funded and staffed by the WPA. The
sculpture on the left is of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[1]; it has no known
New Deal connection as yet, but the Parks Department notes that "the
Metropolitan Museum of Art [displayed it] until 1932, when it was moved to
Bryant Park. The fragile artwork was replaced with a more durable bronze
casting following its installation at the park." It does not say when the
replacement took place, but if it was in the 1934-1943 timeframe, it might
well have been the
PWAP
or WPA group of Karl Gruppe that made the copy.
Reference
- Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe - History, Parks Department website (accessed 5 May
2018).