Description
Bronze bust on granite base, existing of a square pedestal of black granite on an octagonal red granite base. The floor of the base is designed as a compass (to include all the world's people who came to America); inscribed on the base are the , and on the eight granite blocks at the compass points are different inscriptions.
Inscription(s)
On the black granite pedestal:
CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS
The red granite base has:
COLUMBUS 500
CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
names of the council, and the individuals who contributed money towards the monument.
The inscriptions on the red granite blocks are titled:
Commemoration, Celebration, Dedication, Quiet Heroes, Assimilation, Toil & Struggle, The Era Of Mass Migration, The First Italians In America
Signature
Sculptor Joseph E. Pavone.
On the front of the block between S and SE: Angelo Di Renzo | Architect - Builder.
Annotation
Donated by the Pennsylvania State Council of Art and the Italian Community. Constructed by Council 906 of the Knights of Columbus and designed by Knight Joseph E. Pavone.
Sculptor
Sources & Information
- NIAF, Tributes to Christopher Columbus in the United States
- "Patron Placed on a Pedestal," in Columbia, magazine of the Knights of Columbus, February 1993. Sent to me by Greg Ciesielski, member of the Christopher Columbus Philatelic Society (February 2004).
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information system).
Tags
Locatie (N 40°5'36" - W 74°51'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: uspa06;
Photograph: 9 October 2000
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