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Vesta, (sculpture). Artist:  Federici, Gaetano, 1880-1964, sculptor. Title:  Vesta, (sculpture). Dates:  1926 or 1932. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 50 in. x W. 27 1/2 in. Inscription:  (Under figure's proper left arm:) Federici (Below figure, in raised letters:) CITY OF CLIFTON/CRINE KIEVIT MAYOR/MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL (two columns of names)/JOHN ZANET/CHIEF F.D./JOSEPH DE ROSE/ARCHITECT/A.D. MCMXXXIII signed Description:  A relief plaque depicting the mythological female figure of Vesta, seen from waist-up, in loose drapery, reclining on her proper right arm. Above her extended proper left arm is a lamp. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Vesta Object -- Furniture -- Lamp Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Clifton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Clifton, Clifton Fire Department, 900 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey 07013 Located Clifton Fire Department, Van Houlten Avenue & Broad Street, Clifton, New Jersey Remarks:  Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth and patron deity of bakers. IAS files contain an excerpt from Flavia Alaya's "Gaetano Federici: 1880-1964 The Artist As Historian," Paterson, NJ: Passaic County Historical Society, 1980. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 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 77002934   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002934 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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