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Verdi Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Civiletti, Pasquale, b. 1859, sculptor. Title:  Verdi Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Giuseppe Verdi, (sculpture). Dates:  1905-1906. Dedicated October 11, 1906. Medium:  Sculpture: white Carrara marble and Monte Chiaro marble; Column and stepped platform: granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 25 ft. 6 in. Diam. 18 ft.; Base: approx. H. 15 ft. Description:  Verdi is depicted standing on top of a column with his proper left hand resting on his proper left hip. He wears a coat and has a cloak draped over his proper left arm. Around the column are life-size marble figures representing four of Verdi's most popular operatic heroes and heroines --Aida, Otello, Falstaff, and Leonora (from La Forza del Destino). Marble lyres occupy the spaces between the figures. Below the column and figures is a stepped platform. Subject:  Portrait male -- Verdi, Giuseppe -- Full length Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer Ethnic -- Italian Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Performing Arts -- Opera -- Verdi Literature -- Verdi -- Aida Literature -- Verdi -- Otello Architecture -- Detail -- Column Literature -- Verdi -- La Forza del Destino Literature -- Verdi -- Falstaff Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021 Located Verdi Park, Broadway & West 73rd Street, New York, New York Remarks:  Inscription on nearby plaque reads: Erected by the Italian community through the efforts of Chev. C. Bassotti, editor of the Italian Daily newspaper IL PROGRESSO ITALO AMERICANO OCTOBER 12, 1906 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 278. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY5154, 1989. Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Monumental News, Sept. 1905, pg. 616. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 278. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76003560   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76003560 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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