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    		• Fonderia Francesco B,
     
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    		• Homage -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Bahamas -- San Salvador
     
     
    Columbus Underwater Marker, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    House, John V., 1926-1982, sculptor.
    Fonderia Francesco B, founder.
    Title: 
    Columbus Underwater Marker, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1972.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    1.35 x 5 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    NINA / PINTA / SANTA MARIA / WEST LONGITUDE / 74 32 11 / NORTH LATITUDE / 24 1 41 / ANCHOR / DROPPED / COLUMBUS / OCT. 12, 1492 / IN THESE WATERS signed
    Description: 
    This underwater sculpture commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus reaching the Bahamas is composed of strips of bronze twisted in a spiral. The sculpture is installed at point where Columbus landed.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    History
    Homage -- Columbus, Christopher
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Bahamas -- San Salvador
    Owner: 
    Located San Salvador Island, San Salvador, Bahamas
    Remarks: 
    Cast through the lost was process.
    References: 
    House, John V., family of, 2014, 2021.
    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 78990006
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