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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Piccirilli, Attilio,     Freedlander, Joseph,     Portrait male -- Marconi, Guglielmo     Ethnic -- Italian     Occupation -- Science     Figure female -- Full length     Allegory     Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington     Sculpture

Gugliemo Marconi, (sculpture). Artist:  Piccirilli, Attilio, 1866-1945, sculptor. Freedlander, Joseph, 1870-1943, architect. Title:  Gugliemo Marconi, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Guglielmo Marconi, (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Dedicated 1940. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculptures: gilded bronze; Bases: Stoney Creek granite. Dimensions:  Female figure: approx. 95 x 72 x 36 in.; Base: approx 200 x 182 x 54 in.; Marconi: approx. 40 x 30 x 16 in.; Base: approx. 95 x 32 x 18 in. Inscription:  (Marconi, proper left side near base:) Attilio Piccirilli 1940 (Base, rear:) ERECTED BY POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION/AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF WASHINGTON/THE MARCONI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION/1940 (Base, front:) MARCONI/1874-1937 signed Description:  The memorial consists of two elements in gilded bronze, each installed on its on granite base on top of a stepped granite platform. In front, the head of Marconi rests on a rectangular base and behind it is a larger granite base on which rests an allegorical female figure. The female is seated on a globe with her legs stretched out behind her. Her proper right arm is raised and bent at the elbow and her proper left arm points out straight in front of her. The female figure is nude with a bit of drapery across her lap. Subject:  Portrait male -- Marconi, Guglielmo -- Head Ethnic -- Italian Occupation -- Science -- Inventor Figure female -- Full length Allegory Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located 16 Street & Lamont Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  In the late 1890s, the Italian Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) began experimenting with Morse code which eventually led to his invention of the wireless telegraph, forerunner of the modern radio. He continued to refine it and by the 1920s radios were widespread. He received the Nobel prize for his work. The year after his death, a public subscription for his memorial was begun. The cost of the memorial was $32,555. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1994. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 424. Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969. Illustration:  Image on file. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, L-12. 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 DC000127   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DC000127 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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