Woman with bicycle

Woman with bicycle

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Woman with Bicycle is a six-story wall painting created by the American painter, sculptor and muralist Knox Martin in 1979 under the sponsorship of the Public Art Fund. A well-known New York art landmark, Woman with Bicycle was located at Houston and MacDougal Streets in Manhattan. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DF1039F933A05755C0A967948260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink] In 2002 Woman with Bicycle was covered over with an underwear ad.

ee also

*Knox Martin
*Venus (mural)
*Public Art Fund

References

Further reading

*Randy Fordyce, Knox Martin in the Spotlight, Not Just Jazz: The Uncommon Denominator 1:3 (1980)

External links

* [http://www.knoxmartin.com Knox Martin Website]


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