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    		• Bleifeld, Stanley,
     
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    		• Tallix,
     
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    		• Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McGivney, Michael J.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female & Child
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Father Michael J. McGivney Statuary Group, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bleifeld, Stanley, 1924- , sculptor.
    Tallix, founder.
    Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    The Father Michael J. McGivney Statuary Group, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1981-1982. Installed July 15, 1982. Dedicated Aug. 6, 1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Statue: bronze; Base: Autumn brown granite.
    Dimensions: 
    3 pieces. (McGivney: approx. H. 9 ft. x W. 5 ft. x 1 in.); (Mother with infant: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 16 in. x 14 in.); (Child: approx. 3 ft. 10 in. x 17 in. x 11 in.)
    Inscription: 
    (Near bottom and back of each statue in script:) S Bleifield (copyright symbol) (On McGivney:) K.C. 81 (T over X founder's mark); (On mother & child:) K.C. 82 (T over X founder's mark); (Child:) K.C. 82 (T over X) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A grouping of three figures each on its own base. Father M. J. McGivney, is seen standing dressed in a cassock, his arms outstretched at waist level. Next to him stands a young mother holding an infant at her proper right shoulder. A young boy stands in the center of the group looking upward, with his hands behind his back.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- McGivney, Michael J.
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Figure group -- Female & Child
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Knights of Columbus, Knights of Columbus Headquarters Museum, One Columbus Plaza, New Haven, Connecticut 06507
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture honors Father Michael J. McGivney (1852-1890), the founder of the Knights of Columbus. It was unveiled on August 6, 1982, the final day of observances associated with the 100th Supreme Council meeting.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    Knights of Columbus Headquarters Museum, 1988.
    Office of Cultural Affairs, City of New Haven, 2007.
    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 64790003
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