Knox Martin
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Knox Martin was an American painter, sculptor, and muralist.
Knox Martin in his 50s
Venus mural
Bayview Correctional Facility was a medium-security women's prison located at the south corner of West 20th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, directly across the avenue from the Chel
Knox Martin
…the twelve-story mural Venus. Commissioned in 1970 by Doris Freedman of CityWalls (later the Public Art Fund), Venus is located on the south side of Bayview Correctional Facility at 19th Street and the West Side Highway. "Traditionally the goddess of love and fertility, Venus represents woman, erotic and supple, but it also…
Bayview Correctional Facility opposite Chelsea Piers.