Andrew DesperitoLexington Ave between E 23rd St and E 24th StHeart Two · Location 195 · Drawn October 20021234Select a number to open a drawing state.The published 2006 collage is shown above. The numbered links open archival images. Use your browser’s Back button to return here.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Video podcast0:00On the west side of Lexington Avenue, south of 24th Street, is the Duane Reade.0:07On the far right-hand side of the Duane Reade is a set of double doors directly underneath the security camera.0:14If you follow the path of the security camera, you'll find the space that we drew on,0:19the wide base of a column, helping to support the tall building above it.0:24This is Andrew Desperito. He was drawn in October of 2002. His drawing is counting five people.0:34The entire time this figure was being drawn, I was locked in conversation.0:40A seller of art supplies chatted me up for a good while, seemingly fascinated by the work.0:45He then opened a box to offer me dibs on a Snoopy art kit.0:50His focused interest, however, was an invitation from over a half a dozen different art students to stop and say hi.0:56He ordered his men out, Laura said.0:59He said, I'll be just a few steps behind you.1:02He just happened to be a few steps too close to the building.1:05Andrew, 43, always wanted to be a firefighter, but he first became a police officer in 19841:11until he received his call of a lifetime from the fire department in 1987.1:16He was ecstatic, Laura recalled.← Location 194Heart Two · Location 195Location 196 →
