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    Garibaldi Square Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
    Title: 
    Garibaldi Square Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned ca. 1984. Dedicated May 3, 1987.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Carrara marble; Basin: Carrara marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft. 5 in. x Diam. 92 in.; Basin: approx. H. 26 in. x Diam. 15 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on basin:) Given By the Italian-American Community/And Its Friends To The City Of New London/In Memory Of Those Who Came To America/To Fulfill Their Hopes and Dreams/May 3, 1987 unsigned
    Description: 
    Three-tiered fountain has a hexagonal, two-stepped basin and two round scalloped-edge basins on a square, columnic form in the center. The basins are graduated in size with the smallest at top. On top of the column is a "pignol" or pineapple, an Italian symbol of life and hospitality.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Object -- Fruit -- Pineapple
    Allegory -- Life
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New London
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New London, Public Works Department, 111 Union Street, New London, Connecticut 06320
    Located Garibaldi Square, Intersection of Bank, Shaw and Truman Streets, across from 727 Bank Street, New London, Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    The fountain project was initiated by Father John S. DiNoto Jr. and commissioned by the Garibaldi Square Fountain Committee in honor of the Italians who emigrated to New London in early 1900s. The cost was approximately $55,000. The fountain is sited in the neighborhood in which Italian immigrants settled. IAS files include related articles from The Day (New London, CT), March 4, 1987, pg. A1; May 4, 1987, pg. B1; and May 17, 1987, pg. B2; and a copy of the dedication program.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Day (New London, CT), May 4, 1987, pg. B1.
    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 CT000359
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