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    		• Novelli, James S.,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Woodside
     
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    Winfield World War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Novelli, James S., 1885-1940, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Winfield World War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Winfield War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Victorious American, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated on May 30, 1926.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Milford pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, front lower right side near base:) (copyright symbol) JAMES S.J. NOVELLI SC./AMERICAN ART FOUNDRY N.Y. (On figure's shield:) DEDICATED/TO THOSE WHO/MADE THE/SUPREME SACRIFICE/AND TO ALL OTHERS/FROM WINFIELD/WHO ENTERED THE/SERVICE OF OUR/COUNTRY IN THE/WORLD WAR/NEW YORK/CITY/AD/MCMXXVI (Front of base:) EDWARD J. LANG/HENRY G. LOCHMAN/OTTO MAREK/JAMES V. PERGOLA/RANDOLPH MARDINE/AUSTIN GREER signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Allegorical female figure representing America stands with a shield held in her proper left hand and a sword in her proper right hand. She wears a laurel wreath on her head and a long flowing dress with medieval armor details on the chest.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Place -- America
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Woodside
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Laurel Hill Boulevard & 65th Street, Woodside, New York
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain an Art Commission of the City of New York Work of Art form which describes an early version of Novelli's memorial. Memorial was the gift of the Winfield Honor Roll Association of the Borough of Queens.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1994.
    Murphy, Josephine, "Novelli, a forgotten sculptor," Boston: Branden Books, 2003, fig. 8.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Murphy, Josephine, "Novelli, a forgotten sculptor," Boston: Branden Books, 2003, pg. 39.
    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 76002794
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