Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Literary memorial near Fifth Avenue, New York, United States.

The Goethe Memorial is a bronze bust of the German writer placed on a granite pedestal within Bryant Park near Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and 40th Street. The sculpture sits in a landscaped garden setting designed to frame the memorial.

Sculptor Karl Fischer made an iron and copper bust of Goethe around 1832, the year the writer died. The Goethe Society of America acquired it in 1987 and lent it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was moved to the south side of Bryant Park and dedicated on February 15, 1932, cast in bronze in place of the original metal.

The Goethe Society of America acquired the bust in 1987, and it had previously been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Bryant Park Restoration Corporation refurbished the sculpture in 1992. The pedestal is Swedish black granite, a detail visitors can spot beneath the bronze.

The bust stands on the south side of Bryant Park, on a Swedish black granite pedestal, facing the park's lawn and gravel walkways. The surrounding park is a public space in Midtown Manhattan, near Fifth Avenue and 40th Street, and is reachable on foot from nearby subway and bus stops. The sculpture was refurbished in 1992 by the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation.

The bust is a replica of an iron and copper original Karl Fischer made around 1832, the year Goethe died. The Goethe Society of America acquired it in 1987, and it was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before being moved to Bryant Park, where a bronze casting replaced the original and was dedicated on February 15, 1932. The Bryant Park Restoration Corporation refurbished the sculpture in 1992.