Harriet Feigenbaum (born 1939) is an American

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ist and sculptor. Many of her works are publicly displayed or in collections in New York. Her later work focused on reclamation projects, often of old mining cites, in Pennsylvania. Robert Stackhouse's work has been compared to Feigenbaum's.

List of important works, in chronological order

* (1976) ''Tantric'',

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. * (1977) ''Cycles II--Land Structures Built Where the Petroglyphs Are Made by Children'', Artpark, Lewiston, New York. * (1978) ''Widow's Walk and Dog Run'', Harriman Park Palisades, New York. * (1978) ''Battery Park City-A Mirage'', Creative Time, Inc., New York, New York. * (1978) ''Parking Lot Pentagon off Washington Avenue'', New York City, New York. *(1978) ''An Octagonal Domed Building''. * (1983) ''Dickson City Land Waves: Valley of 8000 Pines''. * (1984) ''Dickson City Land Waves: Black Walnut Forest'' (incomplete) * (1988) ''Greenwood Colliery Sundial'' * (1989) ''Distant Landscape'',

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Picker Art Gallery, Hamilton, New York. * (1990) ''

Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust The Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust in New York City is a sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, on the side of the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, at Madison Avenue and 25th Street (Manhattan), 25th Street in Manha ...

'', New York City, New York.

Legacy and impact

Feigenbaum was the subject of Phyllis Koestenbaum's poem, "Harriet Feigenbaum Is a Sculptor", published in ''Poetry New York'', which was included in the 1993 volume of ''

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'' series, and later reprinted in her collection ''Doris Day and Kitschy Melodies''.

Personal life

Feigenbaum married Neil W. Chamberlain in 1968. In 1988 Feigenbaum, who is Jewish, designed a memorial of the

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for the

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.By Cecilia Cummings July 27, 1988 "A Memorial To Holocaust Is Approved" The New York Times
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References

External links

* https://www.harrietfeigenbaum.com/home.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Feigenbaum, Harriet 1939 births Living people Jewish women sculptors Ecofeminists American sculptors Columbia University alumni Artists from New York (state)