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    		• Canepa, Christopher,
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Homage -- Calzetta
     
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    		• Homage -- Biogi
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Landscape -- Celestial
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Clifton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Our Blessed Mother, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Canepa, Christopher, 1876-1964, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Our Blessed Mother, (sculpture).
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: Carrara marble, carved; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 68 in.
    Description: 
    Mary stands in a robe and a headdress with her hands clasped in prayer. Her bare feet are atop a snake and the moon, both of which lie on a half-globe. The half-globe is set atop a two-sectioned base; the lower section has columns.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Homage -- Calzetta
    Homage -- Biogi
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Landscape -- Celestial -- Moon
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Clifton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Holy Face Monastery, Vincent Drive, Parking lot, Clifton, New Jersey 07013
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque reads: In Gratitude to/The Blessed Mother/by Louis Calzetta in memory of/the Calzetta and Biogi families/living and deceased/1963. Canepa designed the figure and designed and built the base while living at the monastery; the figure was carved in Carrara, Italy. IAS files contain related information from Conti, Hilary, "Christopher Canepa," Clifton, NJ: Holy Face Monastery, 1972.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000115
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