Jose Marti, (sculpture).

Jose Marti, (sculpture).

Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt, 1876-1973, sculptor.

Clarke & Rapuano, engineering firm.

Domico Scoma Bronze Works, founder.

Jose Marti, (sculpture).

Marti Monument, (sculpture).

Jose Julian Marti Monument, (sculpture).

1959. Dedicated May 1965.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 18 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 5 in. x 12 ft.; Base: approx. 16 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft. x 14 ft. (6 tons).

(Incised on south side:) JOSE MARTE (Incised on east side:) Apostol De La Independencia/De Cuba Guia De Los Pueblos/Americanos Y Paladin De La/Dignidad Humana Su Genio/Literario Rivaliza Con Su/Clarividencia PoliticaNacio/En Habana El 28 De Enero De/1853 Vivio Quince Anos De Su/Destierro In La Ciudad De Nueva/York Murio In El Combatede/Dos Rios Provincia De Oriente/El 19 De Mayo De 1895. (Incised on west side:) Apostle Of Cuban Independence/Leader Of The Peoples Of America/And Defender Of Human Dignity/His Literacy Genius Vied With His/Political Foresight He Was Born/In Havana On January 28, 1853/For Fifteen Years Of His Exile He Lived In The City Of New York/He Died In Action At Dos Rios In/Oriente Province On May 19, 1895. (Rear, top of base:) Anna Hyatt Huntington sfare(?)gg 1959/Given by the Sculptor (?)ew York City in Honor of (?). (Top of base, left side:) ORIGINAL PLASTER CAST BY A.J. (?) & SONS signed

This statue depicts the moment at which Jose Marti received a mortal wound in battle. He is wearing the clothes of a gentleman, a vest and frock coat. His horse is rearing with its mane flying as Marti clutches his wounded side. Marti, a Cuban patriot was exiled to New York where he continued to fight for Cuban Independence. In 1892, he organized the Cuban Revolutionary Party and returned to Cuba in 1895 where he died in the battle of Dos Rios which marked the beginning of Cuba's war for independence from the Spanish.

Portrait male -- Marti, Jose -- Full length

Occupation -- Other -- Reformer

Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist

Occupation -- Writer -- Poet

State of Being -- Illness -- Wound

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York

Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021

Located Central Park, Central Park South & Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York

Dr. Jose Garcia-Mazas originated the idea of the Marti monument in 1950. The sculpture cost 350,000 dollars and was a gift to the Cuban government from the artist. The firm of Clarke & Rapuano were both the engineers and landscape architects for the piece. For related articles see: Daily News (New York, New York), Dec. 4, 1957; New York Times, April 13, 1960; and New York Tribune, Feb. 27, 1923. Sculpture was restored in 1991. IAS files contain 1989 condition assessment. Inventory image files contain a historic photograph of the sculpture from the Art Commission of the City of New York files.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 236.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1992.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 236.

For study see: 76006453.

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