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Njegosh, (sculpture). Artist:  Jirouch, Frank Luis, 1878-1970, sculptor. Cellini Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Njegosh, (sculpture). Dates:  1936. Dedicated Sept. 6, 1936 or May 15, 1938. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze with a blue green patina; Base: polished granite. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 30 x 25 x 17 in.; Base: approx. 60 x 23 x 19 3/4 in. Inscription:  (Proper right side:) Jirouch Sc 1936 (Base front:) (Jugoslav translation of the sitter's name) PETER II PETROVICH - NYEGOSH/1813-1851/"HE WHOSE LAW IS WRITTEN BY HIS CUDGEL,/LEAVES BEHIND STENCH OF INHUMANITY./BUT FOOT TO PLACE UPONS THE TYRANT'S NECK,/TO MAKE HIM KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT OF MEN IS,/THIS IS THE MOST SACRED OF ONE'S DUTIES" signed Description:  Bust portrait of Petar Njegosh, beared, wearing a small flat cap. Subject:  Portrait male -- Njegosh, Petar Petrovich -- Bust Ethnic -- Yugoslav Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Broadview Heights Sculpture Owner:  Saint Sava Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church, 2151 West Wallings Road, Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of City of Cleveland, Rockefeller Park, Yugoslavian Cultural Gardens, Cleveland, Ohio Remarks:  IAS files contain a copy of Clara Lederer's "Their Paths Are Peace," Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, 1954, pg. 76, 77. This bronze bust was originally located at the Yugoslavian Cultural Gardens, in Cleveland, a gift of the Serbs of Cleveland. Sometime between 1950 and 1970, the statue was found in a creek in the Gardens and was put into storage at the greenhouse garage off Martin-Luther Boulevard, with six others from the garden. Subsequently, it was given to the St. Sava Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church in Parma, Ohio in exchange for a fiberglass copy to be placed in the garden (see IAS record OH000526). Njegosh was the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, he was also a poet and a philosopher. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. Lederer, Clara, "Their Paths Are Peace," Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, 1954, pg. 76, 77. Illustration:  Image on file. Lederer, Clara, "Their Paths Are Peace," Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, 1954, pg. 77. 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 OH000068   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000068 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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