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Guglielmo Marconi, (sculpture). Artist:  Saleppichi, Giancarlo, sculptor. Title:  Guglielmo Marconi, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned ca. 1975. Dedicated Nov. 4, 1979. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite or marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 84 x W. 36 x Diam. 48 in.; Base: approx. H. 14 ft. x W. 72 in. Description:  Standing figure of Guglielmo Marconi. He wears a suit with a bow tie, and holds a thin book or sheaf of papers in both hands together in front of him. He stands atop a tiered-rectangular base. Monument and base surrounded by cast iron fence. Subject:  Portrait male -- Marconi, Guglielmo -- Full length Occupation -- Science -- Inventor Occupation -- Science -- Physicist Object -- Written Matter -- Book Ethnic -- Italian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Located Marconi Plaza, Broad Street between Bigler Street & Oregon Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  (On commemorative plaque:) Guglielmo Marconi-inventor wireless telegraphy/The father of modern communications April 25, 1874-July 20, 1937/Erected by the City of Philadelphia/Under the leadership of Frank L. Rizzo/and the Italo-American Community/Organized as the Marconi Memorial/Association Incorporated/Frank P. Didio, M. D., President (On commemorative stone:) City of Philadelphia/Recreation Facility/Provided with financial assistance from/Commonwealth of Pa./Department of Community Affairs/Bureau of Recreation and Conservation. Guglielemo Marconi, (1874-1937) an Italian born inventor and physicist, successfully experimented with wireless telegraphy. His work made transatlantic communications possible. In 1909, he was a co-winner of the Nobel prize for physics. Conservation:  Treated 2005 June. Kreilick Conservation, LLC (Oreland, PA). Treatment report on file with owner and conservator. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Fairmount Park Art Association, "Sculpture of a City," New York: Walker Pub. Co., 1974, pg. 90-91. SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2008. 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 PA000191   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000191 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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