Benito Juárez (Orozco)

Benito Juárez

The sculpture in 2014
Benito Juárez
Location in New York City
Artist Moises Cabrera Orozco
Year 2002 (2002)
Type Sculpture
Medium Bronze
Subject Benito Juárez
Location New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°45′14″N 73°59′05″W / 40.753808°N 73.984638°W / 40.753808; -73.984638Coordinates: 40°45′14″N 73°59′05″W / 40.753808°N 73.984638°W / 40.753808; -73.984638

Benito Juárez is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Benito Juárez by Moises Cabrera Orozco, located in Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York. Donated by the State of Oaxaca on behalf of the Mexican Government and the Mexican Trade Center, the portrait sculpture was cast in Mexico in 2002 and installed on October 9, 2004.[1] It is the most recent statue in the park, and the first to depict a Mexican.[2]

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