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Sabas, Alberto,
Portrait male -- Marti, Jose
Occupation -- Writer
Occupation -- Writer
Ethnic -- Cuban
Portrait female -- Pedroso, Paulina
Exedra
Medallion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
Sculpture
Jose Marti, (sculpture).
Artist:
Sabas, Alberto, sculptor.
Title:
Jose Marti, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
La Casa de Pedroso, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Feb. 28, 1960.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete, painted white; Base: tile.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 90 x 26 x 45 in.; Base: approx. 56 x 168 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.
Inscription:
SABAS (On plaque on base:) EL PUEBLO DE TAMPA/A/JOSE MARTI/"JOSE MARTI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION"/TAMPA, FLORIDA/FEBRERO, 1960 (In English and Spanish, to the right and left of statue:) LA ROSA BLANCA/A WHITE ROSE CULTIVATE/IN JUNE AS IN JANUARY/FOR THE SINCERE FRIEND/WHO EXTENDS HIS GENUINE HAND.../AND FOR THAT CRUEL ONE/WHO MAY RIP OUT THE HEART/WITH WHICH I LIVE NEITHER/THISTLES NOR NETTLES DO I PLANT./I CULTIVATE A WHITE ROSE...JOSE MARTI signed
Description:
Full-length figure of Jose Marti, wearing a late nineteenth century suit with long coat, mustache and small beard. His proper right hand is extended. Behind statue is an exedra with medallion of Paulina Pedroso, a map of Cuba, and an inscription in Spanish.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Marti, Jose -- Full length
Occupation -- Writer -- Poet
Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist
Ethnic -- Cuban
Portrait female -- Pedroso, Paulina
Object Type:
Exedra
Medallion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Tampa, Tampa, Florida 33602
Located Jose Marti Park, Corner of 13th Street & 8th Avenue, Tampa, Florida
Remarks:
Commissioned by the 26th of July Movement with funds raised through private donations. Site was formerly the home of Paulina and Ruperto Pedroso, who sheltered Marti (1853-1895), a Cuban poet and leader in Cuba's drive for independence from Spain. Marti visited Tampa frequently between 1891 and 1894 and made many speeches there. The statue and the site, which contains soil from each Cuban province, was donated to the Cuban government. The city of Tampa assumed custody of the property after an economic embargo froze Cuba's assets in the United States. In 1992, the Cuban Historical Cultural Center raised funds for the statue's restoration. IAS files include related articles from the Tampa Tribune, Nov. 24, 1991, April 7, 1993 and Jan. 19, 1993; and excerpts from a research paper entitled "Jose Marti Park: the Story of Cuban Property in Tampa," and from the book "Boone's Florida: Historical Markers and Sites, by Floyd Edward Boone (Moore Haven, FL: Rainbow Books, 1988).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1994.
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 FL000186
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Inventory of American Sculpture
FL000186
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