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    		• Gallo, Enzo,
     
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    		• Cabarrocas, David,
     
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    		• Sanchez, Humberto,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• History -- Cuba
     
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    		• Figure -- Fragment
     
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    		• Architecture -- Detail
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Liberty Column, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gallo, Enzo, 1927- , sculptor.
    Cabarrocas, David, architect.
    Sanchez, Humberto, designer.
    Title: 
    Liberty Column, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Columna de la Libertad, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted April 9, 1991. Cast Nov. 28, 1994. Installed Dec. 7, 1994.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Column: marble; Hands piece: granite, ceramic, concrete, and glass; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 27 x 15 x 20 in.; Base: approx. H. 17 ft. x W. 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on fountain basin:) SINCE 1959 THOUSANDS OF CUBANS HAVE PERISHED ANONYMOUSLY WHILE/FLEEING TYRANNY IN SMALL BOATS AND MAKE SHIFT (sic) RAFTS. ALTHOUGH THEIR/NAMES LIKE THOSE OF MARTYRED REFUGEES OF OTHER NATIONS ARE/WRITTEN SOLELY ON THE PAGES OF THE SEA, THIS COLUMN IS A PERMANENT/TESTIMONY OF THE HUMAN NEED TO BE FREE unsigned
    Description: 
    Site installation consisting of several elements including a round marble column. Located next to the column is a rough-hewn piece of granite. Two ceramic hands emerge from the top of the granite. The fingers reach skyward. The column and sculpture stand on a marble base in the center of a rectangular fountain basin.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Allegory -- Other -- Survival
    History -- Cuba
    Figure -- Fragment -- Hand
    Architecture -- Detail -- Column
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Owned by Sanchez, Humberto, P. O. Box 0672, Miami, Florida 33137
    Located Bayfront Park, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami, Florida
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture commemorates Cuban refugees lost at sea. The City of Miami donated the land in Bayfront Park on which the sculpture is sited. $30,000 in donations and donated goods were raised privately to defray the cost of the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami 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 FL000949
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