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Sign-O-Pedia: Gregg LeFevre

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Photographer, Sculptor

Born in the United States (1946). LeFevre who works in the United States, came to sculpture and design after studying philosophy. He is best known for the bronze plaques found in major cities in the United States, especially New York City (more than 120 such sites)
In addition to sculpture and mainly because of his "street works", from the early 1990s he also began to engage in street photography, and exhibitions of his photographs are found in many places.

The artist’s signature appears on some of the plaques, for example (from )

On the website are several projects of the artist:
The Library Walk - a route that starts at the New York Public Library, and continues along 41st Street, with quotations from famous books and authors .
Union Square Timeline - a series of 22 panels surrounding Union Square and describing the history of the square from 1600 to 1882
Park Avenue plaques - bronze plaques placed on Park Ave in Manhattan and describing historic buildings in the area
Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Artists who performed at the Apollo Theater

The works on the site made by Gregg LeFevre (76-100  of 112)
76 New York - Library Walk - Quote from "The Plague" by Albert Camus
77 New York - Library Walk - Excerpt from "In My Craft or Sullen Art" by Dylan Thomas
78 New York - Library Walk - Quote from the book "O Pioneers!" by Willa Cather
79 New York - Library Walk - Quote from "The Mind is an Enchanting Thing" by Marianne Moore
80 New York - Library Walk - Quote from "33" by Julia Alvarez
81 New York - Library Walk - Quote from "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" by Lawrence and Lee
82 New York - Library Walk-Quote from Gertrude Stein’s book "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas"
83 New York - Library Walk-Quote from Thomas Jefferson’s letter to Yancy freedom of the press
84 New York - Library Walk - Quote from Samuel Beckett’s play "Waiting for Godot"
85 New York - Library Walk - Quote from the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau
86 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Smokey Robinson
87 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Mary J. Blige
88 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Gladys Knight & the Pips
89 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Lionel Richie
90 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface)
91 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - The Temptations
92 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Michael Jackson
93 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Patti LaBelle
94 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Aretha Franklin
95 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Little Richard
96 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Redd Foxx
97 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Charlie Parker
98 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Etta James
99 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Stevie Wonder
100 New York - Apollo Theater Walk of Fame - Quincy Jones
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