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Katyn Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Pitynski, Andrzei, 1947- , sculptor. Johnson Atelier, founder. Title:  Katyn Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Dedicated May 19, 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. H. 16 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 ft. Inscription:  (Side of base, incised:) KATYN/1940 Description:  A dying Polish officer in uniform is running with his mouth gagged and his hands bound behind his back. He wears a military cap and three medals on his proper left chest. A rifle is behind him with its bayonet impaling his back, the tip pointing out of his chest. The figure stands atop a base with inscriptions and plaques. Subject:  History -- Poland -- World War II Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Officer State of Being -- Death -- Murder State of Being -- Evil -- Violence Ethnic -- Polish State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Gun Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object -- Other -- Medal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Jersey City Sculpture Owner:  Exchange Place, Montgomery & Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey Remarks:  Funded for $225,000 through private donations collected by the Katyn Forest Monument Committee. A monument to the thousands of Polish military officers massacred at the Katyn Forest by the Soviet Army in 1940. IAS files contain related articles from The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, NJ), Oct. 2, 1989, pg. 9; July 23, 1990, pg. 13, 16; May 20, 1991, pg. 1, 4. IAS image files include photo of the sculpture prior to installation. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, NJ), May 20, 1991, pg. 4. 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 NJ000067   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000067 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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