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    		• Covino, Frank,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Pasacreta, Eugene J.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Westport
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Flagstaff
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Eugene Pasacreta Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Covino, Frank, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Eugene Pasacreta Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1978. Dedicated Oct. 1978.
    Medium: 
    Relief plaque: bronze with multicolored patina; Base: white or gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief plaque: approx. 3 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 5 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. x 2 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Along the bottom of the frame of relief plaque:) Sculpted by Frank Covino (Above profile on plaque, raised:) WESTPORT/POLICE (Below profile on plaque, raised:) CAPTAIN/EUGENE J. PASACRETA (At lower section of plaque, raised:) OUR FRIEND OUR BROTHER/OUR KEEPER OF THE PEACE/BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS/FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED/THE SONS OF GOD signed
    Description: 
    A relief plaque set in a granite block near a flagpole. The relief plaque contains a profile of Captain Eugene J. Pasacreta within a decorative shield. He wears a "navy blue" police officer's cap and is surrounded on both sides by laurels of dark brown oak leaves. There is text below the shield.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Pasacreta, Eugene J. -- Head
    Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Westport
    Relief
    Flagstaff
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Westport, Department of Parks and Recreation, 260 South Compo Road, Westport, Connecticut 06880
    Located Pasacreta Park, Opposite 228 Riverside Avenue, Westport, Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    Eugene J. Pasacreta, who died of cancer Dec. 9, 1976, was the Executive Captain of the Westport Police Department. The Police Department collected $3,000 in contributions for the relief plaque. IAS files contain a related article from the Westport News (CT), Oct. 9, 1978.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Westport News (CT), Oct. 9, 1978.
    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 CT000221
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