''Romeo and Juliet'' is an outdoor

bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as well as bronze elemen ...

depicting

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

by American artist

Milton Hebald Milton Elting Hebald (May 24, 1917 – January 5, 2015) was a sculptor who specialized in figurative bronze works. Twenty-three of his works are displayed in public in New York City, including the statues of Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest in f ...

, located in front of

Delacorte Theater The Delacorte Theater is a 1,800-seat open-air theater in Central Park, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is home to the Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park productions. Over five million people have attended more than 15 ...

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...

Central Park Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...

, in the United States. It is one of two companion works at the theater sculpted by Hebald, the other being '' The Tempest'' (1966). Unveiled in 1977 and cast in 1978, ''Romeo and Juliet'' was donated by philanthropist

George T. Delacorte, Jr. George T. Delacorte Jr. (20 June 1894 – 4 May 1991) was an American magazine publisher, born in New York City. He founded the Dell Publishing in 1921. His goal was to entertain readers who were not satisfied with the genteel publications ...

The sculpture is tall; the two figures, shown embracing, are set on a granite pedestal. A cast from the same mold appears in the rose garden at the Hollenbeck Palms retirement community in

Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Boyle Heights, historically known as Paredón Blanco, is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located east of the Los Angeles River. It is one of the city's most notable and historic Chicano/ Mexican-American communities and is known as a ...

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''Romeo and Juliet''
by David Berger (November 23, 2009), Central Park's Artist Sculptures 1978 establishments in New York City 1978 sculptures Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Bronze sculptures in California Bronze sculptures in Central Park Outdoor sculptures in Greater Los Angeles Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan Statues in New York City Statues of fictional characters Works based on Romeo and Juliet {{NewYork-sculpture-stub

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