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St. John Baptist de La Salle, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  St. John Baptist de La Salle, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Stairway to the Stars, (sculpture). Medium:  Sculpture: metal; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft.; Base: approx. 37 x 47 x 47 in. Inscription:  (A small plaque on the plinth of the sculpture identifies the artist) (On plaque on base, front:) ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE/FOUNDER/THE BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS/IN MEMORY OF/GEORGE F. KNAPP III 76 unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of St. John Baptist de La Salle stands on a square base. He wears clerical robes and looks upward, smiling. The body of the statue is open to reveal a spiral staircase which is being ascended by children aided by Christian Brothers. The children grow older as they ascend the statue, ending with a grown man held in the hands of the saint. Subject:  Religion -- Saint -- St. John Figure group Children Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Oakdale Sculpture Owner:  La Salle Military Academy, Montauk Highway, Entrance to La Salle Center, Oakdale, New York Remarks:  IAS files contain excerpts from "Long Island: a Guide to New York's Suffolk and Nassau Counties," by Raymond E. Spinzia (New York: Hippocrene Books, 1991) and from "A History of the Sayville Community." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001738   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001738 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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