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Christopher Columbus, (sculpture). Artist:  Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, Sir, 1844-1917, sculptor. Fonde Crescenzi, founder. Title:  Christopher Columbus, (sculpture). Dates:  1891. Cast July 22, 1892. Relocated 1966. Removed July 24, 2020. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 ft. (10 ton). Inscription:  Fona Crescenzi Roma Founder's mark appears. Description:  Christopher Columbus dressed in armor with a short cloak over top. He touches his chest with his proper left hand. His proper right hand is at his side holding a bar which is connected to a post wrapped with heavy rope. The sculpture stands on an oval base located in the center of a fountain pool. Around the fountain there is a fence with a row of bushes and another fence. Subject:  Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator Ethnic -- Italian Dress -- Historic -- Armor Object Type:  Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Provenance:  Formerly located Columbus Memorial Building, State and Washington streets, Entrance, Chicago, Illinois ca. 1894-1959. Formerly located Victor Arrigo Park, West Polk & South Loomis, Chicago, Illinois 1966-2020. Exhibitions:  World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Remarks:  Commissioned by the owners of the Columbus Memorial Building. It was exhibited in the Italian pavilion at the World's Columbian Exposition and later moved to a niche above the entrance of the Columbus Memorial Building where it remained until the building was demolished in 1959. The sculpture then was placed in storage until 1966 when it was included in the first park-like mall to be built in Chicago under the Community Improvement Program. References:  Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 226. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 32. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 226. 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 87580083   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87580083 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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