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    		• Arrighini, Enrico,
     
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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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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Utica
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Christopher Columbus Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Arrighini, Enrico, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Christopher Columbus Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 25, 1952. Relocated Oct. 1966.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: sandstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 32 in. x 20 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 48 in. x 44 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On base, front:) TO/CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS/ERECTED BY CITIZENS OF UTICA UNDER/THE AUSPICES OF FEDERATION ITALIAN/AMERICAN SOCIETY OF UTICA, N.Y./APRIL 25, 1952 (On base, rear:) THE GREAT ITALIAN NAVIGATOR/CHALLENGED THE DOMINANT/OBSCURANTISM OF HIS TIME/CONQUERED THE UNKNOWN/GAVE HUMANITY A NEW WORLD/WAS REWARDED WITH CHAINS/AND HUMILIATION/DIED IN MISERY unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of Christopher Columbus stands on a tapered pedestal. The figure wears a tunic and medallion. He holds his hat in his proper right hand and a cross and banner in his proper left hand. There is a relief on the base of a sailing vessel with a male figure at the bow and kneeling crew members.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Utica
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Utica, Parks Department, 1 Kennedy Plaza, Utica, New York 13502
    Located Intersection of Parkway, Parkway East & Mohawk Street, Utica, New York
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture originally stood on a traffic island where John and Oriskany Streets join at Oriskany Circle South. It was stored in a garage at 318 Jay Street before being moved to its current site. For related reading, see the Utica Observer Dispatch, Oct. 13, 1951, pg. 8; May 25, 1952, pg. 1, and May 26, 1952, pg. 2, and the Utica Daily Press, May 26, 1952, pg. 17.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY001658
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