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    		• Zahajkewycz, Dierdre,
     
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    		• Contegiacomo, Dan,
     
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    		• Joel Meisner & Company, Inc.,
     
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    		• Contegiacomo Monuments,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Costello, Lou
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Theater
     
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    		• Literature -- Unknown
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Paterson
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lou's on First, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Zahajkewycz, Dierdre, sculptor.
    Contegiacomo, Dan, fabricator.
    Joel Meisner & Company, Inc., founder.
    Contegiacomo Monuments, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Lou's on First, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 26, 1992.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 4 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on front of base:) LOU/COSTELLO/1906.1959 (On plaque on front of base:) "LOU'S ON FIRST"/DEDICATED JUNE 26, 1992/AND MADE POSSIBLE BY AND ERECTED BY THE/GREATER PATERSON/LOU COSTELLO MEMORIAL INC./LOU DUVA/FOUNDER/ (followed by two columns of names)/SCULPTRESS: DEIDRE ZAHKJKEWYCZ (sic), PROFESSIONAL PROTOTYPES/CASTING: JOEL MEISNER STUDIO/MONUMENT BASE: CONTEGIACOMO MONUMENTS unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of Lou Costello as the character he portrayed in the film "The Naughty Nineties." He wears a suit and tie and bowler hat. He holds a baseball bat in his proper left hand; the bat rests on his shoulder. The bronze sculpture stands on a stepped granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Costello, Lou -- Full length
    Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
    Literature -- Unknown -- Naughty Nineties
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Paterson
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Paterson, Department of Public Works, City Hall Plaza, Paterson, New Jersey 07510
    Located Federici Park, Curtis Place & Ellison Street, Paterson, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture depicts Costello in his famous "Who's on First" sketch from the movie "The Naughty Nineties". The sculpture was installed by the Greater Paterson Lou Costello Memorial Inc. IAS files contain transcriptions of names listed on plaque. IAS files contain copy of related dedication brochure.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
    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 NJ000602
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