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Unknown (Polish),
Gikas, Giorgio,
Venus Bronze Works,
Portrait male -- Pulaski, Casimir
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Weapon
History -- United States
Object -- Other
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Wyandotte
Sculpture
Count Casimir Pulaski, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Polish), sculptor.
Gikas, Giorgio, founder.
Venus Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
Count Casimir Pulaski, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original 1937, installed 1942. Recast 1991.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 110 x 36 x 28 in.; Base: approx. 64 x 106 x 140 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque on front of base, raised:) COUNT CASIMIR PULASKI/FATHER OF AMERICAN CAVALRY/BORN IN POLAND 1747/CAME TO AMERICA 1777/ENTERED AS VOLUNTEER. DISTINGUISHED/HIMSELF AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE/PROMOTED TO RANK OF BRIG. GENERAL/WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE SIEGE/OF SAVANNAH, GA. DIED IN 1779
(Plaque on back of base reads): THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS/OF POLISH EXTRACTION OF THE CITY OF/WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN/TO HONOR AND PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF/BRIG. GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI/(names of memorial executive committee and honorary committee follow)/OCTOBER 16, 1938 unsigned
Description:
General Casimir Pulaski in Revolutionary War uniform stands with his proper right arm raised back over his head, about to strike down with his sword. He holds a flag behind him in his proper left hand.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Pulaski, Casimir -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier General
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
History -- United States -- Revolution
Object -- Other -- Flag
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Wyandotte
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Wyandotte, Department of Engineering, 3131 Biddle Avenue, Wyandotte, Michigan 48192
Located Pulaski Park, Near 12th & Walnut, Wyandotte, Michigan
Remarks:
The 1991 bronze statue was cast from an original cement statue of Pulaski. The original cement statue had been made in 1937 in Poland. It was exhibited at the New York World's Fair, where it remained until 1940, when it was acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts. In 1942, the museum donated the statue to the City of Wyandotte for its new Pulaski Park, dedicated Oct. 16, 1938. The cement statue deteriorated, and this bronze copy was cast by Giorgio Gikas of Venus Bronze Works (who retains the original). IAS files contain article from Wyandotte newspaper Oct. 2, 1991; biographical information on Pulaski; and related city correspondence, Sept. 24, 1991.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994.
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 MI000342
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000342
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