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Angel, (sculpture). Artist:  Federici, Gaetano, 1880-1964, sculptor. Federici, Antonio, sculptor. Title:  Angel, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Federici Family Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast stone; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 10 ft.; Angel: approx. 5 ft. x 4 ft. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (On front of entablature, incised letters:) FAMIGLIA FEDERICI (On marble plaque on front of base in two columns:) (First column:) RACHELA/1832 - 1911/ALBERT/1888 - 1940/CATHERINE/1890 - 1950/MARIE/1885 - 1950 (Second column:) ANTONIO/1855 - 1914/THERESA/1858 - 1925/ANTIONETTE/1892 - 1964/ORSOLA/1885 - 1966 (At center at bottom of plaque:) SCULPTOR/1880 GAETANO 1964 unsigned Description:  Female angel with wings, dressed in flowing robes, stands in a contrapposto position with arms extended out to her sides. The angel emerges from the open pages of the "Book of Life." The figure is set within a niche flanked by two fluted Corinthian columns. Subject:  Religion -- Angel Homage -- Federici, Rachela Homage -- Federici, Antonio Homage -- Federici, Albert Homage -- Federici, Theresa Homage -- Federici, Catherine Homage -- Federici, Antoinette Homage -- Federici, Marie Homage -- Federici, Orsola Homage -- Federici, Gaetano Object -- Written Matter -- Book Architecture -- Detail -- Column Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Totowa Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Diocese of Paterson, c/o Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, 52 Totowa Road, Totowa, New Jersey 07512 Located Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, 52 Totowa Road, Section M-3, Totowa, New Jersey 07512 Remarks:  The sculpture was codesigned by Gaetano Federici and his father, Antonio Federici. IAS files contain an excerpt from Flavia Alaya's "Gaetano Federici: 1880-1964 The Artist As Historian," Paterson, NJ: Passaic County Historical Society, 1980, pg. 31. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 NJ000280   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000280 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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