Rex

💡 4 things to know

1. A dog beside his ownerThe bronze lies next to the grave of John E. Stow, one of New York’s leading fruit merchants, who died in 1884. Source Checked
2. Sticks, not flowersVisitors drop sticks across the dog’s paws; the cemetery’s communications manager says the grave sits right under a tree. Source Source Checked
3. A 19th-century noteAccording to My Modern Met, Green-Wood’s files from the 19th century mention the placement of a “bronze likeness of a dog” next to Stow’s grave. Source Reported
4. Buried or not?Secret NYC says Rex is buried there; Green-Wood, as quoted by My Modern Met, says it is unclear, and NYC Pooch only found that Rex may have belonged to Stow. Source Source Source Conflicting

📍 Where it is

🗓️ Sightings

1. 201614 Mar

   NYC Pooch: Rex and John E. Stow’s lot

2. 20202 Nov

   My Modern Met: sticks at the paws

3. 20204 Nov

   Rex photographed with sticks

4. 20241 Nov

   Secret NYC: still visited

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

🗞️ In the sources

✅ The facts

Name

Rex Source Source Source Checked

Material

Bronze Source Checked

Grave

John E. Stow, fruit merchant, died 1884 Source Checked

Location

Lot 2925, Section 81, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Source Source Source Checked

Custom

Visitors leave sticks at the dog’s paws Source Source Source Checked

Maker and date

Not known; the cemetery files are reported to note the bronze in the 19th century Source Unconfirmed

Burial

Secret NYC says Rex is buried there; Green-Wood, as quoted by My Modern Met, says it is unclear Source Source Conflicting

🔗 Related

• Still Getting Visitors (10 Photos) — Street Art Utopia
• Rex’s grave and the sticks left by visitors — Street Art Utopia (2024)
• All Artwork Files

Last checked: 1 November 2026. How we verify art