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    		• DeSoto, Raphael,
     
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    		• Carusi & Fantoni,
     
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    		• Rock of Ages Corporation,
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Eastport
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Virgin Mary, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    DeSoto, Raphael, designer.
    Carusi & Fantoni, fabricator.
    Rock of Ages Corporation, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Virgin Mary, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Our Lady of the Island, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1975.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: glacial rock.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 18 ft.; Base: approx. H. 18 ft. (40 tons)
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on west face of base:) THIS BOULDER AND THE LAND/ON WHICH IT RESTS WAS DONATED/ON MARCH 30, 1957 TO THE SHRINE/OF OUR LADY OF THE ISLAND/BY/FRANCES AND JOHN HARRISON/OF/EAST MORICHES, NY/TO WHOM WE ARE EVER GRATEFUL (On plaque on south face of base:) Commemorating the visit of our three bishops/Most Reverend John R. McGann/Rev. James J. Daly/Rev. Alfred J. Markiewiez/September 13, 1987 - Marian Year
    Description: 
    Colossal granite figure of Mary holding the infant Christ. Mary wears long robes and a crown. She holds the infant, who faces out, in front of her chest. He sits on her proper left arm; her proper right hand supports his chest. The sculpture stands on a glacial rock boulder.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Eastport
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, Montfort Missionaries, Eastport-Manor Road, P. O. Box 26, Eastport, New York 11941
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was designed by DeSoto. A clay model was fabricated by Carusi & Fantoni; and the final sculpture was fabricated by Rock of Ages-Aronte Sculpture in Barre, VT. The sculpture was contracted in 1974 and installed in 1975. The boulder and the land the sculpture rests on were donated to the shrine in 1957 by Frances and John Harrison. IAS files contain copy of related shrine brochure and fact sheet.
    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 NY000889
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