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The Modern Art Foundry is the largest and oldest foundry still operating in New York City. Located in the former carriage house of the Steinway Mansion in Astoria, Queens, it has produced work for many artists including Louise Bourgeois, Gaston Lachaise, Joan Miro and Isamu Noguchi.


Two of the smaller ovens in the foundry. The Foundry . Pouring molten bronze into a mold. Molten Bronze. Investment Department. Creating the wax gating system in the interior of a mold. View of the Wax Department. Making a wax mold. Acid bath to clean the bronze after the casting process. Bronze casting by Gaston Lachaise. Close up of Christopher Russell bronze gates. Applying a patina on bronze. Chasing a bronze sculpture by Angel Botello. Chasing a bronze sculpture by Anne de Villemejane.