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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Trentanove, Gaetano,     Carabelli, Joseph,     Fonderia Galli,     Portrait male -- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz     History -- United States     Ethnic -- Polish     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland     Sculpture

Tadeusz Kosciuszko, (sculpture). Artist:  Trentanove, Gaetano, 1858-1937, sculptor. Carabelli, Joseph, 1850-1911, fabricator. Fonderia Galli, founder. Title:  Tadeusz Kosciuszko, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Kosciuszko Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1904. Dedicated May 8, 1905. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Connecticut granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 8 x 8 ft. Inscription:  G. TRENTANOVE FONDERIA GALLI (Founder's mark illegible) (On base, front:) TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO/1746-1817 (On base, left:) "I COME TO FIGHT AS A VOLUNTEER FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE." SAID KOSCIUSZKO. "WHAT CAN YOU DO?" ASKED WASHINGTON. "TRY ME" WAS THE REPLY (On base, rear:) ERECTED BY THE POLISH PEOPLE OF CLEVELAND REV. FR. KOLASZEWSKI INITIATOR AND DIRECTOR (On base, right:) FOR YOUR AND OUR LIBERTY ZA WASZAI NASZA WOINOSC KOSCIUZKO signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length figure of Tadeusz Kosciuszko stands in full Revolutionary War uniform with hat and cape. He holds a sword in his upraised proper right hand. His proper left hand rests on a sword in its scabbard. Subject:  Portrait male -- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz -- Full length History -- United States -- Revolution Ethnic -- Polish Occupation -- Military -- General Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Located Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, West side by service drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Remarks:  Gift of the Polish people of Cleveland in honor of Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817), a native of Poland who fought for both American and Polish independence. The cost was $9,000 or $10,000. In 1954, the sculpture was washed and painted by City workers. Staff from the Cleveland Museum of Art subsequently removed the paint and restored the statue. IAS files contain an unpublished essay entitled "Tadeusz Kosciuszko." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. Lybarger, Helen Baldwin, "A Survey of Public Monuments in Cleveland," Cleveland, OH: Early Settlers Assoc. of Cleveland & the Western Reserver, 1979 (booklet). National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OH5032, 1989. Monumental News, May 1903, pg. 309. 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 OH000576   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000576 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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