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American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  D'Ambrosi, Jasper, 1926-1986, sculptor. D'Ambrosi, Marc, sculptor. D'Ambrosi, Michael, sculptor. Arizona Bronze, founder. Title:  American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Jacob's Ladder, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1986. Cast 1987. Dedicated May 29, 1989. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 6 ft. Inscription:  Founder's mark appears. Description:  The sculpture depicts a rescue at sea. It consists of a ship ladder and two figures on a cylindric base. The top figure has his proper right hand and foot on the ladder rungs. With his proper left hand, he grasps the proper right hand of the figure being rescued. This lower figure has his proper right foot on the ladder rung and his proper left leg is in the water. He is shirtless and holds a life-jacket in his proper left hand. The work is part of a fountain. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Sailor Disaster -- Shipwreck Waterscape -- Sea Architecture -- Boat Object -- Tool -- Ladder Portrait male -- D'Ambrosi, Jasper -- Bust Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Pedro Fountain Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by American Merchant Marine Memorial Committee, P. O. Box 1659, Wilmington, California 90788 Located John S. Gibson Park, San Pedro, California Remarks:  Commissioned by the American Merchant Marine Memorial Committee, this is reportedly the first national memorial to Merchant Marines. Twenty-five limited edition maquettes were cast by Arizona Bronze for donors who contributed $10,000 or more. The artist died shortly after his proposed work was accepted, and the sculpture was completed by his two sons, Marc and Michael D'Ambrosi. IAS files contain a fund raising brochure entitled "A Tribute Long Overdue" and related news clipping. There is a plaque on a wall nearby which honors the sculptor, Jasper D'Ambrosi and contains a bust portrait of him in relief. The inscription reads: "1926 1986/JASPER D'AMBROSI/THE SCULPTURE, JASPER D'AMBROSI WAS BORN AND/RAISED IN WILMINGTON, CALIFORNIA. HIS CREATION/OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS FINISHED AND/ACCEPTED IN EARLY 1986. HOWEVER, D'AMBROSI DIED/AUGUST 1 OF THE SAME YEAR BEFORE STARTING/THE FINAL CLAY MODEL. THE ENLARGEMENT WAS/DONE BY HIS SONS MARC AND MICHAEL AS A/TRIBUTE TO THEIR FATHER./THE 'JACOBS LADDER' WAS CAST AT THE FAMILY/FOUNDRY, ARIZONA BRONZE, TEMPE, ARIZONA/IN 1987." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA001609   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001609 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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