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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Pitynski, Andrzei,     Portrait male -- Popieluszko, Jerzy     Occupation -- Religion     Ethnic -- Polish     History -- Poland     State of Being -- Death     Homage -- Schabowski, Henry F.     Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Trenton     Sculpture

Rev. Henry Schabowski Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Pitynski, Andrzei, 1947- , sculptor. Title:  Rev. Henry Schabowski Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Copyrighted 1987. Dedicated May 3, 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: polished black granite. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 48 x 40 x 30 in.; Base: approx. 75 x 48 x 48 in. Inscription:  (On lower proper left side of bust, incised:) APitynski, 1987 (copyright symbol) (On upper front of base:) Martyr for Humanity and Freedom/Meczennik Za Wiare/Ojczyzne/Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko/Sept 14, 1947 + Oct 19 1984/Poland (On lower front of base:) Rev. Henry F. Schabowski/Dedicated May 3, 1987 - Trenton, N.J. (List of names appears on left side of base) signed Description:  A bust of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, dressed in clerical garb and a rope tied around his neck, mounted atop an inscribed base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Popieluszko, Jerzy -- Bust Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Ethnic -- Polish History -- Poland State of Being -- Death -- Murder Homage -- Schabowski, Henry F. Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Trenton Sculpture Owner:  St. Hedwig's Church, Brunswick & North Olden Avenues, Trenton, New Jersey Remarks:  Jerzy Popieluszko, 1947-1984, was a Polish priest and the spiritual leader of the Polish Solidarity movement. He was murdered in October 1984 by Polish secret police. Rev. Schabowski was the pastor of St. Hedwig's Church at that time. IAS files contain a partial transcription of names on base. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996. 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 NJ000217   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000217 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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