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    		• Di Filippo, Antonio,
     
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    		• Homage -- Ericsson, John
     
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    		• Figure male -- Nude
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Monitor and Merrimac Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Di Filippo, Antonio, 1900- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Monitor and Merrimac Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1939.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite or limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 x 9 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 9 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture, lower right in wave motif:) Antonio De Filippo/Sculptor (On front of base:) ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE/STATE OF NEW YORK/TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF THE/MONITOR AND MERRIMAC/MARCH 5th 1862/AND IN MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF THE MONITOR/AND ITS DESIGNER-JOHN ERICSSON signed
    Description: 
    Nude figure of reclining male who grasps a rope in his proper right hand. His proper left hand holds the other end of the rope which is bound around a post. The figure's proper right foot is braced against another post. Underneath the figure is a wave motif.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Ericsson, John
    Figure male -- Nude
    Allegory -- Civic -- War
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located McGolrick Park, Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
    Remarks: 
    SOS survey provided limestone as base medium.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 6.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 6.
    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 76003588
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