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    		• Cecchinelli, Giuliano,
     
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    		• Gradwell, Ray,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Italian
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Meriden
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Cristoforo Colombo, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cecchinelli, Giuliano, 1943- , sculptor.
    Gradwell, Ray, contractor.
    Title: 
    Cristoforo Colombo, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Sept. 12, 1992. Unveiled Sept. 26, 1992. Dedicated Oct. 12, 1992.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Light gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief: approx. 10 ft. x 3 ft. 3 in. x 12 3/8 in.; Base: approx. 10 in. x 4 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front:) CRISTOFORO COLOMBO/1942 500 1992/"In search for a better tomorrow,/we must discover today"/Presented to/the people of Meriden, Connecticut/by/Unison Club/October 12th, 1992. unsigned
    Description: 
    A granite stele with high-relief figure of Columbus, standing and dressed in period clothing. His proper right hand is by his side holding a hat; while his proper left hand is held up grasping the shaft or pole of a flag or banner terminating in a cross finial. Lettering appears on the lower half of the stele.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Dress -- Historic -- Renaissance Dress
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Meriden
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Meriden, Department of Parks and Recreation, 460 Liberty Street, Meriden, Connecticut 06450
    Located Meriden City Hall, 142 East Main Street, Meriden, Connecticut 06450
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain a copy of the Meriden Record-Journal Aug, 12, 1992 and Sept. 13, 1992 newspaper articles. The piece cost $35,000 and was a gift to the City from the Unison Club of Meriden, part of a nationwide program of the Italian-American community to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the historic voyage of Columbus in 1492. Gradwell was the installation contractor.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    Meriden Record-Journal, (Meriden, CT), Aug. 12, 1992.
    The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Sept. 27, 1992, B1.
    Meriden Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), Sept. 13, 1992.
    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 CT000084
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