Administered by City of Miami Parks and Recreation 1390 N.W. 7th Street Miami Florida 33125
Located Biscayne Boulevard between N.E. 1st Street & N.E. 2nd Street Miami Florida
Date:
1958. Dedicated Aug. 30, 1961. Relocated 1985. Relocated 1992
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami survey, 1995.
Metro-Dade Center, Art in Public Places, 1988.
Image on file.
Metro-Dade Center, Art in Public Places, "Monuments in Dade County," Nancy Block, 1988.
(Within a fish-like shape on side of bust:) Edith Gron 1958 (On upper plaque on front of base, in rim around emblem:) REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA/AMERICA CENTRAL (On lower plaque on front of base, raised:) RUBEN DARIO/1867-1916/PRINCE OF SPANISH LITERATURE/PRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE OF/NICARAGUA/TO THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA/AS AN EXPRESSION OF/GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS/AUGUST 30, 1964/(a symbol of a book follows with names of Nicaraguan Commission and Miami City Commission on the two open pages of the book) signed
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Summary:
Bust of Ruben Dario with upturned head. On the bust's plinth is an incised quill. On the front of the base is a round plaque showing the symbol of Nicaragua, above an inscribed rectangular plaque which features a symbol of a book at the bottom.
