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Ella Grasso, (sculpture). Artist:  Gaylord, Frank Chalfant, II, 1925-2018, sculptor. Title:  Ella Grasso, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Connecticut State Capitol: South Elevation, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Feb. 5, 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white Carrara marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2.5 x 2 ft. Description:  A full-length portrait of Ella Grasso clutching the state Blue Book to her chest in her proper left hand; her proper right hand outstretched. She is dressed in skirt and buttoned jacket and seen in mid-stride. She stands in a niche with Gothic canopy on second floor level of south facade of State Capitol. Subject:  Portrait female -- Grasso, Ella T. -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Connecticut, Office of Legislative Management, Legislative Office Building, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Located Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue, South entrance, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Remarks:  One of four portrait statues on the south facade of the Capitol, honoring invididuals important in Connecticut history. Ella Grasso (1919-1981) was the first woman in the United States, elected in her own right as the governor of a state (1975-1980). The $65,000 statue of Governor Grasso was sponsored and paid for by the Ella T. Grasso Memorial State Committee. The artist did a bust and several models before the final design was accepted and the final sculpture was dedicated Feb. 5, 1987, on the sixth anniversary of Grasso's death. IAS files contain articles from The Hartford Courant, Feb. 6, 1987; and New York Times (Connecticut Weekly), Feb. 1, 1987. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000384   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000384 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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