Artwork: "Trade, Treasure, and Travel" (Margie Hughto)
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Artwork: "Trade, Treasure, and Travel" (Margie Hughto)

Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center (BMT Broadway Line)
Installation Year: 1997
Notes:

Ceramic relief tile murals installed (mostly) in the underpass between platforms leading to the World Trade Center concourse.

"I thought about all the different peoples, products, objects, and moneys that passed through this area," Hughto says, "and I envisioned a treasure vault filled with coins, gems, and artifacts-- rich, golden, glowing, and somewhat mysterious." The artist's interpretation of this vision is a complex, glittering panorama of twelve interconnected ceramic tile relief murals in different sizes and shapes, ranging from three to 30 feet in length. The murals are decorated with a panoply of objects symbolizing centuries of worldwide exploration and trade on land and sea....buffalo nickels, ancient coins, keys, natural and mythological creatures, a huge rose compass based on an ancient celestial chart, [and a view of the skyline of Manhattan.] Source: mta.info

"After September 11th, I didn't know for months if it was OK," Hughto says. "When I finally got a look at it, it was like going into King Tut's tomb. There was all this art, and not a scratch on it." Source: syr.edu.


(image 144707) (330k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/15/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1865


(image 144708) (355k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/15/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1810


(image 144906) (359k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/15/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1820


(image 144907) (354k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/15/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1795


(image 144908) (288k, 788x1044)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/15/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1765


(image 144909) (388k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/15/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 1862


(image 144910) (378k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/15/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1746


(image 144736) (106k, 1024x683)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/11/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2184


(image 144738) (132k, 1024x683)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/11/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1783


(image 144739) (126k, 1024x683)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/11/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1767


(image 144905) (363k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/10/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1755


(image 144904) (423k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Nicholas Noel
Date: 11/10/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1581


(image 144735) (106k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/10/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1597


(image 144741) (112k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/10/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1655


(image 144742) (102k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/10/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1863


(image 144743) (102k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/10/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1878


(image 144744) (124k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/10/2014
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1891


(image 128291) (129k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/12/2011
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Notes: New locations of artwork after station reconstruction.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2555


(image 128292) (142k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/12/2011
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Notes: New locations of artwork after station reconstruction.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 2177


(image 128294) (147k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/12/2011
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Notes: New locations of artwork after station reconstruction.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2015


(image 128295) (116k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/12/2011
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Notes: New locations of artwork after station reconstruction.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 2024


(image 128296) (120k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/12/2011
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Notes: New locations of artwork after station reconstruction.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2285


(image 128297) (89k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 9/12/2011
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Notes: New locations of artwork after station reconstruction.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2065


(image 132696) (365k, 1024x678)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: John Dooley
Date: 9/6/2011
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2153


(image 1268) (330k, 1044x705)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 5046


(image 1269) (348k, 1044x698)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 4522


(image 1270) (290k, 717x1045)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 4112


(image 1271) (284k, 700x1043)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 3991


(image 1272) (308k, 1044x646)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 4888


(image 1273) (271k, 1044x707)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 4378


(image 1274) (262k, 696x1044)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 3966


(image 1275) (346k, 1044x696)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 4650


(image 1276) (265k, 706x1043)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Cortlandt Street-World Trade Center
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 7/18/1998
Artwork: Trade, Treasure, and Travel, Margie Hughto, 1997
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 4056

   



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