Smile...Trompe l'oeil bronze...J. Seward Johnson jr
Located at 201 Spear (x Howard ), this is a life-sized piece placed in a small green space next to a terraced brick office building. It works well. ( better than the arachnid grotesquery on the next block.) Part of Johnson's man-in-the-street series, it fools you until you turn to it, then it's clever and soon it becomes a comfortable presence. Well maintained, and just the right feel for the site.
