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Motoska, Frico,
Carabelli Company,
Portrait male -- Stefanik, Milan R.
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Ethnic -- Slovakian
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
Gen. Milan R. Stefanik Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Motoska, Frico, 1891-1956, sculptor.
Carabelli Company, carver.
Title:
Gen. Milan R. Stefanik Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1922. Dedicated June 29, 1924.
Medium:
Sculpture: probably bronze; Base: probably granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 16 ft. 1 in. x 14 ft. 1 in.
Inscription:
M. MOTOSKA./1922 / ERECTED BY/THE CLEVELAND SLOVAKS/IN MEMORY OF THEIR NATIONAL HERO/GENERAL MILAN R STEFANIK/BORN AT KOSARISKA, SLOVAKIA./OCTOBER 26, 1880/DIED AT VAJNORY, SLOVAKIA/MAY 4, 1919/KILLED IN AN AEROPLANE ACCIDENT signed
Description:
Portrait of General Milan Stefanik holding a pair of binoculars. He is dressed in his military uniform, overcoat, and cap. He stands among rocks laced with vines attached to a tree stump. Below the rocks is a pair of wings.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Stefanik, Milan R.
Occupation -- Military -- General
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Ethnic -- Slovakian
Dress -- Accessory -- Binoculars
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Located Jeptha Drive & Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland, Ohio
Remarks:
The sculpture cost $10,000. Money for the sculpture was raised through a nationwide campaign conducted by the Slovak League of America. Carabelli Company carved the base at a cost of $15,000.
References:
Lybarger, Helen Baldwin, "A Survey of Public Monuments in Cleveland," Cleveland, OH: Early Settlers Assoc. of Cleveland & the Western Reserve, 1979. (booklet)
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1992.
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 88420024
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Inventory of American Sculpture
88420024
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