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    		• Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Italian
     
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    		• Travel -- Water
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Norwalk
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1940. Dedicated Oct. 12, 1940. Relocated 1983. Rededicated Oct. 12, 1983.
    Medium: 
    Stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 5 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) COLUMBUS/ERECTED BY/ITALIAN AMERICAN PEOPLE/OF/NORWALK/SPONSORED BY/THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL FUND INC./OCTOBER 12, 1940 A.D. unsigned
    Description: 
    A youthful Columbus in Renaissance tunic and leggings stands on a two-stepped inscribed and decorated base. His proper right hand rests on a globe. He holds a unrolled sheet in his proper left hand at his side. Windblown Spanish sailing ships are incised on three sides of the plinth, with incised inscription on the front.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Travel -- Water -- Boat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Norwalk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Norwalk Knights of Columbus, Shorehaven Road, Norwalk, Connecticut
    Located Heritage Park, West Street at Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    From 1940-1983 the statue was located in front of Columbus School, in Norwalk. In 1983, the statue was moved and rededicated to become the centerpiece of a park celebrating the many ethnic groups of Norwalk. The statue stands in front of the Heritage Wall, which contain various plaques commemorating ethnic America. IAS files contain a related newsclipping on the rededication ceremony from The Hour (Norwalk, CT), Oct. 13, 1983, pg. 134.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Hour (Norwalk, CT), Oct. 13, 1983, pg. 134.
    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 CT000156
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