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    		• Kiselewski, Joseph,
     
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    		• Unknown (New York),
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Religion -- Angel
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Browerville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Christ and Angel in Garden of Gethsemani, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kiselewski, Joseph, 1901- , sculptor.
    Unknown (New York), fabricator.
    Title: 
    Christ and Angel in Garden of Gethsemani, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Sept. 4, 1932.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete; Base: concrete and fieldstone.
    Dimensions: 
    2 figures. Angel: approx. 6 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 8.5 in.; Christ: approx. 3 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On the wall to the proper left of the angel:) DONATED BY/GERTRUDE JOHN AS A MEMORIAL/TO HER BELOVED HUSBAND JOSEPH/MODELED BY JOSEPH KISIELEWSKI (sic)/IX. 4, 1932 (On stone tablet to proper right of sculpture in low relief:) ECCLESIA SANC PETRI APOSTOLI/A+D 1989+ unsigned
    Description: 
    Christ kneels in front of an angel in the garden of Gethsemani. Christ clasps his hands in prayer and rests his arms on a pile of stones. The barefoot angel holds a chalice with both hands. The two figures are set on individual rectangular bases. A fieldstone wall starts at ground level on either side of the sculpture and rises to approximately four feet behind the angel.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
    Religion -- Angel
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Browerville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Christ the King Catholic Church, Main & 8th Street West, Browerville, Minnesota 56438
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located St. Joseph's Church, Main & 8th Street West, Browerville, Minnesota 56438
    Remarks: 
    Marble plaque on the retaining wall reads: CHRIST PRAYS IN/GETHSEMANI./ERECTED/1932. The sculpture was donated by Gertrude John as a memorial to her husband, Joseph. The sculpture was cast in concrete by a New York firm and was created for the fiftieth anniversary of St. Joseph's Catholic Church (now the Christ the King Catholic Church). IAS files contain related excerpt from Moira Harris' "Monumental Minnesota," St. Paul: Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 81-82.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Harris, Moira "Monumental Minnesota," St. Paul: Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 81-82.
    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 MN000343
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