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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Legnaioli, Ferrucio,     Grappone, Albert,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Grappone Monument Company,     Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher     Occupation -- Other     Occupation -- Transportation     Ethnic -- Italian     Sculpture

Christopher Columbus Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Legnaioli, Ferrucio, sculptor. Grappone, Albert, carver. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Grappone Monument Company, fabricator. Title:  Christopher Columbus Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast Oct. 1926. Dedicated Dec. 9, 1927. Removed June 10, 2020. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 5 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (On back lower right side:) F. Legnaioli/1927 (On front of base:) COLUMBUS signed Description:  A standing portrait of Christopher Columbus holding a rolled up map in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is raised to his chest. A short pedestal is to his proper right and a pile of large books is just behind him. The sculpture rests atop a square base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator Ethnic -- Italian Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Richmond, Department of Public Works, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 Provenance:  Formerly located Byrd Park, Entrance, South Boulevard Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 1927-2020. Remarks:  This was the first Columbus statue in the south and was the first monument in Richmond to have night illumination. The idea of Frank Realmuto, this statue was sculpted, erected and financed entirely by Virginians of Italian birth. The monument was a gift of the Sons of Italy in Richmond, Virginia, erected at a cost of $25,000. Albert Grappone of the Grappone Monument Company provided the base for the monument. IAS files contain an article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dec. 10, 1927 and an article from the Virginia Cavalcade (Autumn 1992): pg. 84-95. IAS files also contain entry from checklist "Outdoor Sculpture Survey, 1986, Richmond, Virginia, prepared for the Stauary Study Committee by Tricia Pearsall." For additional information see the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Oct. 12, 1926, pg. 3; Dec.9, 1927, pg. 1; the Richmond News Leader, Dec. 9, 1927, pg. 7-8 and Dec. 11, 1927, pg. 8. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. 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 75008387   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75008387 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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