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Subject
  • Events
  • Yacht Racing
  • Vessels
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Date
  • 1990s
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
14Half Model of Young America
  • Object, Model, Half Model
  • Events, Yacht Racing
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1995
Description:
Half model on varnished teak board of the 1995 America's Cup yacht Young America. The hull of the boat is decorated with a mermaid swimming in the ocean, which replicates the decorative scheme of the original boat. An engraved plaque on the backboard reads: Young America USA 36 Diana Wister With thanks and sincere appreciation for your generous contribution and support throughout the PACT95 Young America campaign. Young America was built by the PACT95 Syndicate, which hired the American artist Roy Lichtenstein to develop the distinctive exterior paint scheme. The original boat is now on display at the Storm King Art Center in Windsor, New York. [show more]