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Di Saia, Oresto,
Portrait male -- Marconi, Guglielmo
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Sculpture
Marconi Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Di Saia, Oresto, sculptor.
Title:
Marconi Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 25, 1953.
Medium:
Westerly granite on a Westerly granite base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 18 ft. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 66 x 66 in.
Inscription:
(Front:) MARCONI/TO/GUGLIELMO MARCONI/FATHER OF/WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY/A GRATEFUL GENERATION ERECTS THIS/MONUMENT IN THANKSGIVING FOR/THE WONDROUS GIFT OF AERIAL/COMMUNICATION WHICH HAS ENRICHED/COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, FOSTERED/THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, BRINGING/TREASURES OF GREATER KNOWLEDGE/AND HAPPINESS INTO THE HEARTS/AND HOMES OF MANKIND (Around the eternal flame:) DEDICATED OCTOBER 25, 1953 (Base:) BORN IN BOLOGNA, ITALY/APRIL 25, 1874 (Base proper left and proper right sides:) MARCONI (Base lower proper left side:)ORESTO DiSAIA, A.I.A., DESIGNER signed
Description:
A tall granite shaft with inscriptions, a bas-relief portrait of Guglielmo Marconi, and a relief of a torch. Along the top on all sides of the shaft is a relief frieze depicting wireless communication between different locations and means of transportation.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Marconi, Guglielmo -- Head
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Providence, Department of Parks, Dalrymple Boathouse, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island 02905
Located Roger Williams Park, Frederick C. Green Boulevard, off Carr Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Remarks:
IAS files contain a copy of Robert Freeman and Vivienne Lasky's, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence, RI: Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 68, 69 and David Marshall's, "The Jewel of Providence: An Illustrated History of Roger Williams Park 1871-1961," Providence, RI: Providence Parks Department, 1987, pg. 32. This monument was erected by Providence's Italian-American community, through funds raised by popular subscription. Planning for the monument began following the Inventor's death in 1937, but work halted during World War II. Thousands attended the dedication cememony, including Mayor Dennis Roberts and Gov. John O. Pastore.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI0053, 1989.
Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence, RI: Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 68-69.
Marshall, David, "The Jewel of Providence: An Illustrated History of Roger Williams Park 1871-1961," Providence, RI: Providence Parks Department, 1987, pg. 32.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence, RI: Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 68.
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 RI000004
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