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    		• Pizzano, Charles H.,
     
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    		• Codori Memorials,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Italian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Westerly
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Cristoforo Colombo, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Pizzano, Charles H., 1893-1987, sculptor.
    Codori Memorials, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Cristoforo Colombo, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1949. Relocated 1995.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Westerly blue granite; Base: Westerly red granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 73 x 24 x 35 in.; Base: approx. 93 x 129 x 105 in.
    Inscription: 
    C. H. Pizzano Dedicated/by/The Citizens/of/Westerly and Pawcatuck/A.D (Incised on front of base:) CRISTOFORO COLOMBO/INTREPID ITALIAN EXPLORER/WHO LINKED THE OLD WORLD OF/OUR FATHERS TO THE NEW WORLD/OF OUR SONS signed
    Description: 
    Full-length standing figure of Christopher Columbus. He is dressed in clothing of his time, with hat, ruffled shirt, and knee-length coat. He stands with his proper left arm on top of globe at his side. He holds a rolled document up to his chest in his proper right hand. He stands on a multitiered base, inscribed with text and relief of sailing ship.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship
    Object -- Other -- Globe
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Westerly
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Wilcox Park, Westerly, Rhode Island 02891
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was moved from it original location on the west side of the library to its current location on the east side of the library in 1995. The granite fro the sculpture was quarried from the nearby Sullivan Quarry in Bradford. The red granite base was quarried from Smith's Quarry in Westerly. The sculpture was cut into granite by Mr. Charles Gattoni of the Codori Granite Company from a full sixed plaste rmodel provided by the artist. Nicholas Fazzello sculpted the bas relief of the ship on the front plinth.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
    SOS Assessment Award, 1998.
    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 76007464
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