America, (sculpture)
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Object Details
- sculptor
- Federici, Gaetano 1880-1964
- founder
- Roman Bronze Works
- Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
- Image on file.
- Alaya, Flavia, "Gaetano Federici: 1880-1964 The Artist as Historian," Paterson, NJ: Passaic County Historical Society, 1980, pg. 43.
- (On bronze base of sculpture:) Gaetano Federici Sc./1920 / Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. (On bronze plaque on front of granite base:) Erected by the People of the Second Ward and Friends in honor of those who served and died for our country in the World War 1917-1918/Died in Service (list of twenty-five names) Nurses in Service (list of ten names) Enlisted in Service (list of thirty-eight names) (Bronze plaque on back of base lists an additional 216 names) signed Founder's mark appears.
- 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.
- Summary
- An allegorical female figure representing America stands holding a staff in her proper right hand. She is classically draped in long robes and on her head she wears a laurel wreath. A flag with the words "Don't Tread on Me" hangs on her proper left side.
- Installed Aug. 20, 1920. Relocated June 11, 1949
- Control number
- IAS 77002923
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
- Owner/Location
- Administered by City of Paterson Parks Department 800 Broadway Paterson New Jersey 07510
- Located West Side Park Totowa Avenue Paterson New Jersey
- Title
- Second Ward War Memorial, (sculpture)
- Second Ward World War I Memorial, (sculpture)
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- History--United States--World War I
- Figure female--Full length
- Allegory--Place--America
- Record ID
- siris_ari_21958
- Metadata Usage (text)
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