Documented artwork / temporary streetscape sculpture installation
The Roses on Park Avenue
Credit as documented: Will Ryman
Will Ryman's The Roses on Park Avenue transformed ten blocks of Manhattan's median planting areas with enlarged flowers and scattered petals. New York City's 2011 report describes thirty-eight rose blossoms, some reaching twenty-five feet, accompanied by twenty individual petals. Pink and red flowers brought an improbable garden into the winter streetscape. The city identifies NYC Parks & Recreation and Paul Kasmin Gallery as sponsors; Smithsonian's catalog record also identifies the Fund for Park Avenue Sculpture Committee.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2010; exhibited 2011
- Materials
- fiberglass resin, stainless steel, paint
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Dimensions variable; blossoms up to 25 ft tall.
- Dimensions apply to
- Installation size variable; municipal height is maximum blossom height, not every component.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
January 25–March 31, 2011 (artist); through May 31, 2011 (municipal report)
Park Avenue Malls, 57th–67th Streets, New York
- Site
- Park Avenue Malls, 57th–67th Streets
- Historical siting
- temporary
- Start date
- 2011-01-25
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17. Supporting source ↗.
Materials and construction
The artist dates the work to 2010 and its exhibition to January 25–March 31, 2011. The municipal report and Smithsonian record instead give a May 31 end date; that unresolved discrepancy is retained.
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Sources
- www.nyc.gov ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.si.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.willryman.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17