The Frick Collection, Central Pool RP/1/14/15/3

An ink and pencil design on tracing paper dated June 1976, marked 'Frick Collection garden, Sketch suggested detailing for central pool, scale 1/2 inch = 1 foot.' A drawing providing suggested dimensions of the pool, as well as the positioning of the overflow/waste. There are also specific measurements for the paved edging surrounding the pool and the height of the water level below the stone edge.

One of Russell Page’s few public commissions, his design for the 70th Street garden at The Frick Collection, a museum close to Central Park in Manhattan’s East Side, is an excellent example of his ability to develop his plan around the particularities of the site. Constructed in 1977, it still survives to this day. Its popularity was made evident in 2015 when public protests successfully halted plans to demolish it.