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Donato, Giuseppe,
Portrait male -- Christopher Columbus
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Transportation
Ethnic -- Italian
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Bryn Mawr
Sculpture
Columbus Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Donato, Giuseppe, 1881-1965, sculptor.
Title:
Columbus Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Sept. 1952. Dedicated Oct. 15, 1952.
Medium:
Bust: bronze (?); Base: stone; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Overall approx. 18 ft. x 3 ft. x 6 in.; Foundation: approx. Diam. 13 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
G. Donato (Front of base, incised:) OCTOBER 12/1492/SANTA MARIA/DEDICATED/OCT 12 1952 (Back of base:) G. Donato fecit 1952 Sep (Side of base:) Pinta (Other side of base:) Nina (Plaque on front of base, raised:) QUINCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION/OCT 12, 1992/MAIN LINE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/(fourteen names in two columns follow) (Plaque, raised:) ERECTED OCTOBER 12, 1952/BY MAIN LINE CITIZENS COMMITTEE/(twenty names in two columns follow)/APPROVED BY/THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS/OF/LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, ARDMORE, PA./AUGUST 3, 1949 signed
Description:
Bust of Christopher Columbus with shoulder-length hair, set on a tall base with plaques and etchings and mounted on a circular compass base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Christopher Columbus -- Bust
Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
Ethnic -- Italian
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Bryn Mawr
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Township of Lower Merion, Lancaster Avenue & Church Road, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003
Located Ludington Library, Corner of Lancaster & Bryn Mawr Avenues, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Erected by the Main Line Citizens Committee. IAS files contain full transcriptions of plaques.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
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 PA000477
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
PA000477
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