Maine Monument, (sculpture)

Object Details

sculptor

Piccirilli, Attilio 1866-1945

architect

Magonigle, Harold Van Buren 1867-1935

sculptor

Keck, Charles 1875-1951

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 238-239.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0290, 1989.

Monumental News, Sept. 1910; Jan. 1913.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.

Image on file.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 238.

Bronx Times, July 15, 1999, pg. 7.

(Front right side of lower base:) Attilio Piccirilli Sculptor (Front left side of lower base:) Harold Van Buren Magonigle FAIA Architect (Front of base:) TO/THE VALIANT SEAMEN/WHO PERISHED IN THE MAINE/BY FATE UNWARNED/IN DEATH UNAFRAID/MDCCCXCVII/MCMXII (Rear of base:) TO/THE FREEMEN/WHO DIED IN THE/WAR WITH SPAIN/THAT OTHERS/MIGHT BE FREE/MDCCCXCVII/MCMXII (Center of base, rear:) ERECTED THROUGH PUBLIC SUPSCRIPTION /BY THE NATIONAL MAINE MONUMENT COMMITTEE/JAMES GRANT WILSON - CHAIRMAN WILLIAM R. HEARST GEORGE F. SHRADY JOHN W. KELLER J. EDWARD SIMMONS (list of the names of crew members appears of the left side of the base and list of the officers appears on the right side of the base.) (Bronze plaque by Charles Keck on left rear of base:) MEMORIAM /USS MAINE/DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR/FEBRUARY 15TH 1898/THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE USS MAINE. (PATRIOTISM/DEVOTION) (Bronze plaque, rear of base:) BY CHARLES KECK, 1913, INSTALLED 1936 signed

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Summary

A massive pylon base surmounted by a bronze representation of Columbia Triumphant as a female figure in a seashell pulled by three seahorses. At the base of the pylon is Victory kneeling on a ship's prow. He holds aloft two olive wreaths. Behind him, Peace, a robed female figure seemingly in a trance, stretches out her arms and forms the apex of the triangular group arranged below her. To her right is a figure representing Courage and to her left is Fortitude. On the rear of the monument stands Justice, with eyes closed and arms raised, flanked by figures representing the Warrior and History. Located at either side of the base are the reclining figures representing the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

1901-1913. Dedicated May 30, 1913

Control number

IAS 76003527

Type

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

Sculpture: Gilded bronze figure group; Base: Tennessee pink marble pylon with marble figures

Owner/Location

Administered by City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation The Arsenal - Central Park New York New York 10021

Located Central Park 59th Street & Columbus Circle New York New York

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Figure group

Allegory--Civic--War

Allegory--Place--Oceans

Allegory--Other--Triumph

Allegory--Place--America

Record ID

siris_ari_7683

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