As Frazier reports, a New York Times story at the time quoted the country’s largest bronze and copper manufacturer, who declared, “By architects and artists generally this color effect is considered the type of perfection for this kind of metal.” Repainting the statue never happened, obviously, and as Frazier explains, “the statue has been left its own, irreproducible color,” though many have since tried to reproduce it.Īdd watchmakers to the list of those who have tried. The public outcry was enormous, as Ian Frazier writes in this excellent New Yorker essay about her iconic color. By the time Lady Liberty had taken on her distinctive green hue, in 1906, the US government, convinced the oxidation was a problem, determined to paint over it. When the statue of liberty was unveiled in 1886, it wasn’t green, it was brown, which is the color of copper, before it oxidizes. We’ll be posting to our feed throughout the week.
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