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Maria Sklodowska Curie, (sculpture). Artist:  Pitynski, Andrzei, 1947- , sculptor. Title:  Maria Sklodowska Curie, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1987. Dedicated April 26, 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze; Pedestal: granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 7 x 3 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (On bust:) (artist's signature) Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 Physics 1903 (On front of pedestal:) MARIA/SKLODOWSKA/CURIE/1867-1934/SCIENTIFIC/GENIUS/DISCOVERER OF/RADIUM AND/POLONIUM/TWICE NOBEL,/LAUREATE/POLISH PATRIOT/PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF/BAYONNE/BY THE POLISH/AMERICAN/COMMUNITY/ERECTED 1987 signed Description:  A bust of Marie Curie (1867-1934) with hair pulled back into a bun. She wears two Nobel prize medals around her neck. The sculpture is mounted atop a four-sided pedestal with a wider bottom. Subject:  Portrait female -- Curie, Marie -- Bust Ethnic -- Polish Occupation -- Science -- Physicist Occupation -- Science -- Chemist Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Object -- Other -- Medal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Bayonne Sculpture Owner:  Free Public Library & Cultural Center of Bayonne, N.J., 697 Avenue C, Mary Griffith Peters Sculpture Garden, Bayonne, New Jersey 07002 Remarks:  The sculpture was installed by the Polish American Heritage Committee of Bayonne. Maria Sklodowska Curie, also known as Marie Curie, was born in Russian-occupied Poland in 1867 into a poor family. In 1891 she began studies at Sorbonne University in Paris where she was the only woman in her class and the first woman in the world to choose to earn a doctorate in science. In 1898, she and husband Pierre Curie discovered Polonium and Radium. In 1903, she graduated with honors, and some months later was awarded her first Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1911, Marie became the first person in history to be awarded a second Nobel Prize, this time for chemistry. Curie also worked as a full professor at the University of Paris, amassed some 135 major awards and organized radiological units to treat the injured during World War I. IAS files contain the dedication program; and a related article from The Jersey Journal (Bayonne Edition), April 20, 1987. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000419   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000419 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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