NEW YORK—The sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull“ statue is seeing red over New York City’s decision to keep in place the ”Fearless Girl” statue that now stares it down, saying his legal rights were violated.
The city’s ruling to let the bronze depiction of a defiant girl remain until February 2018 just feet from the bull’s flaring nostrils should be reviewed, said a lawyer for sculptor Arturo Di Modica.
“How did the process happen and should permits be revoked?” the attorney, Norman Siegel, said in an interview on Wednesday, adding that his client ought to have been consulted.
“He should have been asked, never was,” Siegel said. “There are copyright and trademark infringement issues.”
The 50-inch girl stands fists on hips on a cobble stone plaza, eye-balling the 11-foot bull that has occupied the space in Manhattan’s financial district for nearly three decades.
Initially installed to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, the girl statue was meant to be removed on April 2. But the city extended its stay amid ebullient interest on social media, generous press attention and at least two petitions.
