Monitor and Merrimac Memorial, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

sculptor
Di Filippo, Antonio 1900-
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 6.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1994.
Summary
Nude figure of reclining male who grasps a rope in his proper right hand. His proper left hand holds the other end of the rope which is bound around a post. The figure's proper right foot is braced against another post. Underneath the figure is a wave motif.
Installed 1939
Control number
IAS 76003588
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite or limestone
Owner/Location
Administered by City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation The Arsenal - Central Park New York New York 10021
Located McGolrick Park Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue Brooklyn New York
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Homage--Ericsson, John
Figure male--Nude
Allegory--Civic--War
Record ID
siris_ari_7743
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