Tom Otterness (born 1952) is an American sculptor best known as one of America’s most prolific public artists.[1] Otterness's works adorn parks, plazas, subway stations, libraries, courthouses and museums in New York City—most notably in Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City[2] and Life Underground in the 14th Street – Eighth Avenue New York City Subway station—and other cities around the world. He contributed a balloon (a giant upside-down Humpty Dumpty) to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[3][4] In 1994 he was elected as a member of the National Academy Museum.[5]