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    		• Hollosy, E. Gyuri,
     
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    		• History -- Hungary
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Figure -- Child
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    Hungarian Revolution Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hollosy, E. Gyuri, 1946- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Hungarian Revolution Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Hungarian Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Installed 1988. Dedicated Oct. 23, 1986. Rededicated May 7, 1989.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze over stainless steel armature; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 16 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. H. 30 in. x Diam. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, kneeling figure's proper right calf:) E. gyuri Hollasey(sic)/1986 (Front of base, incised letters:) TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO NEVER SURRENDERED/HUNGARY (shield) OCTOBER 1956 (Back of base, plaque:) ADOPTA/STATUE/A generous contribution by/Sargent Collier/and/Devens H. Hamlen/has provided for the/permanent maintenance/of this/public artwork/CITY OF BOSTON . RAYMOND L. FLYNN, MAYOR (Back of base, plaque:) LIBERTY SQUARE PARK/This park was made possible by the generous support of/The Edward Ingersoll Browne Trust Fund,/Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, Chairman;/the Hungarian Society of Massachusetts, Inc.;/Liberty Square Park Associates, Inc.;/and the businesses and property owners in the immediate area./Dedicated 7 May 1989.
    Description: 
    The memorial depicts a mound of rubble topped with a kneeling figure of a nude female holding her baby aloft, below her lies a fallen Hungarian soldier holding a flag pole flying the Hungarian flag. Protruding from the base of the rubble are several heads representing the students who fell during the Hungarian uprising. The figures are made of overlapping pieces of cast bronze. The sculpture rests on a circular granite base.
    Subject: 
    History -- Hungary
    Allegory -- Civic -- Rebellion
    Figure group
    Figure -- Child
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
    Located Liberty Square Park, Milk & Kilby Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The memorial was commissioned by the Hungarian Society of Massachusetts to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution. A private endowment for maintenance was donated by Sargent Collier and Devens H. Hamlen. The memorial was first dedicated on October 23, 1986, but was dismantled on November 15-16, 1986 and stored until May 1989 when it was rededicated after the plaza in Liberty Square Park was completed.
    The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: The/Hungarian Revolution/Memorial/"October 23, 1956 is a day that will live forever in the annals of/freedom and nations. It was a day of courage, conscience and/triumph. No other day since history began has shown more clearly/the eternal unquenchability of man's desire to be free, whatever/the odds against success, whatever the sacrifice requires." John F. Kennedy/on the first anniversary/of the Hungarian Revolution. The inscription on another nearby plaque reads: Liberty Square/August 14, 1765/British Stamp Act office located in this square/torn down in an act of protest by angry Boston citizens./Within a year, England repealed the Stamp Act./January 24, 1743/Liberty Square formerly named to commemorate/the French Revolution. A festive banquet was held here/and a 21 gun salute fired to mark the occasion./October 23, 1986/Hungarian Revolution and the/freedom fighters who engaged in this heroic struggle.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 43.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 43.
    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 87740083
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