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Porkowski, George I.,
Figure group -- Male & Child
Occupation -- Service
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Saddle Brook
Sculpture
Fireman's Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Porkowski, George I., sculptor.
Title:
Fireman's Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Base installed ca. 1960. Sculpture installed ca. 1994.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 5 in. x 26 in. x 20 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 34 x 24 in.
Inscription:
GEORGE I. PORKOWSKI (On front of base:) THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED/TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/GAVE THEIR SERVICES UNSELFISH/LY TO THE COMMUNITY AS MEM/BERS OF THE VOLUNTEER AND/EXEMPT FIREMEN OF SADDLE/BROOK, NEW JERSEY 1960 signed
Description:
Full-length figure of a fireman carrying a young girl. The fireman wears a uniform, hat and boots. He holds the girl against his chest; her arms are wrapped around his neck and her legs dangle at his waist. The girl wears a shirt, pants and sneakers. The stone sculpture stands atop a square stone base, the edges of which are rough-hewn.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male & Child
Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Saddle Brook
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Saddle Brook Fire Department, Municipal Building, 100 East Allen Dale Road, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663
Located Saddle River Road & Cambridge Avenue, Saddle Brook, New Jersey
Remarks:
The memorial base was installed around 1960 and the sculpture was added in 1994.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000553
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000553
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