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    		• Vittori, Enrico,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Italian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Vittori, Enrico, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1920.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 39 x 23 x 29 in.; Pedestal with reliefs: approx. 82 x 62 x 58 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 14 1/2 x 80 x 76 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left of sculpture, below shoulder:) E. VITTORI (On plaque on front of pedestal:) CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS/BORN IN GENOA, ITALY 1451. DISCOVERED/AMERICA OCTOBER 12, 1492. THIS LAND OF OPPORTUNITY AND FREEDOM WAS/THUS PRESERVED FOR HUMANITY BY THE/PERENNIAL GENIUS ABIDING IN THE ITALIAN RACE./REFURBISHED BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 1956 (On back of pedestal:) ERECTED A.D. 1920/BY THE ITALIANS/OF INDIANAPOLIS KOKOMO/LOGANSPORT RICHMOND/ETC. (On plaque on back of pedestal:) The Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee/Commission of Indiana Inc., in Behalf/of Indiana's Italian-American/community Dedicates this plaque to/The Celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the/Columbus Discovery of America/May the Genius Abiding in the Italian Race Encourage Tolerance/and Acceptance of All Cultures as/America's ultimate contribution to/Humanity signed
    Description: 
    Bronze portrait bust of Christopher Columbus. He has long hair and wears period costume. The bust stand atop a granite pedestal. The face and sides of the pedestal have bronze bas-relief scenes. On the front is a figure grouping depicting Indians kneeling in front of a man wearing a crown of laurels. The relief on the proper right side of the pedestal depicts the figure of a woman sitting with an anchor. The relief on the proper left side of the pedestal depicts the figure of a seated woman leaning on a globe with her proper right elbow. The pedestal slopes outward and rests on a two-stepped granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Bust
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
    Object -- Other -- Globe
    Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
    Figure group
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Indiana, Department of Administration, Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington, Indianapolis, Indiana
    Located Indiana State House, Southwest corner, Indianapolis, Indiana
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed by members of the Italian communities throughout the state, as part of the Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee. The monument was presented through the executive committee of Italian Propaganda, Dr. V. Lapenta president. IAS files contain copy of related article from Indianapolis News, June 17, 1919.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Indianapolis News, June 17, 1919.
    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 IN001083
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