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    		• Ambrozaitis, Joseph,
     
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    		• Augaitis, Simas,
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Lithuanian
     
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    		• Folk
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lithuanian Wayside Cross, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ambrozaitis, Joseph, sculptor.
    Augaitis, Simas, designer.
    Title: 
    Lithuanian Wayside Cross, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 17, 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Painted teak (or cedar?) on a marble base.
    Dimensions: 
    Cross: approx. 30 ft. x 15 ft. x 20 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 52 x 52 in.
    Inscription: 
    (East side of vertical beam:) SA (West side of vertical beam:) JA signed (The west face of the base is inscribed:) In Loving Memory (followed by ten names on the left side and the names of donors on the right side) (The east face of the base is inscribed with additional donor names) (The front or south face is inscribed:) LITHUANIAN/WAYSIDE CROSS/Dedicated May 17, 1987/Commemorating/The 600th Anniversary of/Christianity in Lithuania/1387-1987/In Gratitude to the Generous/Donors Who Made Possible This/Lithuanian Wayside Cross/Archbishop John F. Whealon/Priest and Parishoners/Holy Trinity, Hartford, CT/St Andrew, New Britain/CT/St Joseph, Waterbury, CT/Simas Augaitis, Designer/Joseph Ambrozaitis, Craftsman
    Description: 
    A thirty-foot wooden cross, painted brown and set upon a trapezoidal marble base. Four sections of wood have been joined together to form the cross. In the center of the cross, a small figure of Jesus sits within a gabled enclosure. Other decorative elements adorn the cross beams.
    Subject: 
    Emblem -- Cross
    Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
    Ethnic -- Lithuanian
    Object Type: 
    Folk
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Cathedral of Saint Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain articles from The Hartford Courant May 18, 1987 and March 18, 1993. The cross, a Lithuania folk tradition, was designed by Simas Augaitis and executed by Joseph Ambrozaitis. It was done to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Christianity in Lithuania. The dedication of the cross was part of a larger nationwide celebration, that in Hartford included folk dancing and a procession of approximately 1,000 people along Farmington Avenue.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), May 18, 1987.
    The Hartford Advocate (Hartford, CT), March 18, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), May 18, 1987.
    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 CT000085
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