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The Rocket Thrower
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The Rocket Thrower |
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- In the Court of the Astronauts,
between Pool of Reflections and Fountains of the Fair
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- Donald DeLue
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Source: Remembering
the Future, Rizzoli Press, Publisher
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| DeLue's piece, The Rocket
Thrower, was a heroic male embodiment of motive power. Occupying
the most prominent location on the Fair's principle axis, the
forty-three foot bronze dominated the central mall. The stylized,
discreetly draped figure balanced on an ascending curve of metal
as he reached toward a constellation of gilded stars. From his
right hand issued a comet-like form rising above the stars and
into the heavens. |
Gallery
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The mid-evening fireworks and fountain show at the Pool
of Industry is back, impressive as ever. Statue is Donald Delue's
43-foot-high bronze, "The Rocket Thrower."
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Source: General
Electric Colorphotos, New York Sunday News, April 25,
1965
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The Rocket Thrower in
the Court of the Astronauts.
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Source: New York
World's Fair Souvenir Book - 1965 Edition, Dexter Press, Publisher
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The Rocket Thrower can
be seen in the center of this nice aerial showing the Fair's
Main Mall. Fountains of the Fairs run down from Court. Pool of
Reflections runs up from the Court. (Courtesy of Craig Bavaro)
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Source: New York
World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation publicity photo
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Rapuano and Clarke's
famous rendering of The Court of the Astronauts, The Rocket Thrower
and Unisphere became the basis for the United States Postage
Stamp commemorating the Fair. (Below)
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Source: Postcard
by Dexter Press, Nyack N.Y.
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Source: U.S.
Post Office Commemorative Stamp Issue Bulletin
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