Documented artwork / figurative public sculpture
The Yearling
Credit as documented: Donald Lipski
The Yearling places a life-size horse on an oversized chair outside the children's wing of the Denver Public Library. Donald Lipski uses the familiar furniture and animal to evoke the changing scale of childhood. Public Art Fund presented the sculpture at New York's Doris C. Freedman Plaza from November 1997 through May 1998, describing an imagined child's toy elevated into a monumental scene. Lipski's biography identifies that presentation before the Denver location.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 1993 (Denver collection metadata); New York exhibition November 15, 1997–May 23, 1998
- Materials
- steel alloy, fiberglass (Denver metadata), bronze horse (Denver narrative; conflicts with metadata)
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Not documented
- Dimensions apply to
- Not documented
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
Date not documented
Denver Public Library exterior, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado
- Site
- Denver Public Library, exterior of Children’s Wing
- Setting
- outdoor
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
November 15, 1997–May 23, 1998
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, New York
- Site
- Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park
- Start date
- 1997-11-15
- End date
- 1998-05-23
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
Denver's collection page dates the work 1993 and lists steel alloy and fiberglass, but its narrative calls the horse bronze. Both material descriptions are retained without assuming which component history explains the difference. The reviewed primary pages do not establish Denver's installation date.
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Sources
- denverpublicart.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.donaldlipski.net ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.publicartfund.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17