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Life Underground

2001 work of public art by Tom Otterness located in 14 St (A/C/E/L) station (New York City Transit)
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Life Underground

Summary

Life Underground is a sculpture[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (343 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Life Underground is the creator of Tom Otterness[3].
  • Life Underground is located in Manhattan[4].
  • Life Underground is in the country of United States[5].
  • Life Underground's instance of is recorded as sculpture[6].
  • Life Underground's instance of is recorded as work of art[7].
  • Life Underground's commissioned by is recorded as MTA Arts & Design[8].
  • Life Underground's genre is public art[9].
  • Life Underground's collection is recorded as MTA Arts & Design Permanent Art Collection[10].
  • Life Underground took place at 14th Street – Eighth Avenue[11].
  • January 1, 2001 marks the founding of Life Underground[12].
  • Life Underground's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.7398, 'longitude': -74.0025}[13].
  • Life Underground's described at URL is recorded as https://new.mta.info/agency/arts-design/collection/life-underground[14].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Life Underground is the creator of Tom Otterness[3].

Publication

Life Underground's genre is public art[9].

Material and Period

Life Underground took place at 14th Street – Eighth Avenue[11].

Why It Matters

Life Underground ranks in the top 8% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (343 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 5d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → Tom Otterness
    Described at url → https://new.mta.info/agency/arts-design/collection/life-unde
    Country → United States
    Wikidata description → 2001 work of public art by Tom Otterness located in 14 St (A/C/E/L) station (New
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 6572519247, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/6572519247 in United States"
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