"Tumbling Woman"
Eric Fischl
Fischl's bronze, a statue of a falling woman, was designed as a
memorial to those who jumped or fell to their death from the World
Trade Center. It was abruptly draped in cloth and curtained off on
September 18th, 2002 because of complaints that it was too
disturbing. A spokeswoman for Rockefeller Center apologized if
anyone was upset or offended by the display of the sculpture,
claiming that was certainly not their intent. Despite the obvious
graphicness of the piece, opinions were evenly split on whether it
should be displayed or not. Officials at Rockefeller Center had the
work removed.