Figure: bronze; Stele: rubble cement; Foundation: concrete pad with metal candle holders
Type:
Sculptures-Stele
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City and County of Denver Department of Parks & Recreation 2300 15th Street, Suite 150 Denver Colorado 80202
Located Hungarian Freedom Park Speer Boulevard & 1st Avenue Denver Colorado
Date:
1968. Dedicated Oct. 27, 1968
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
City and County of Denver, 1987.
City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Denver Post, Oct. 28, 1968.
Image on file.
Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 22, 1990.
(Lower right:) Pop (...illegible) 1968 (Lower front of stele, incised:) IN MEMORY/OF THE 1956/HUNGARIAN/UPRISING (Middle back of stele, incised:) ...WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE/THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT/HAVE DIED IN VAIN-/LINCOLN/AZ NEM LEHET HOGY ANNYI/SZIV HIABA ONTA VERT.../VOROSMARTY (Lower back of stele, incised:) ERECTED BY/THE HUNGARIANS AND THE/COMMEMORATING COMMITTEE/OF COLORADO/JOHN A. LOVE/GOVERNOR/THOMAS G. CURRIGAN/MAYOR/ETIENNE C. PERENYI/CHAIRMAN/1968 signed
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Summary:
A bronze figure of a male youth is depicted breaking through an iron curtain. His head is turned to the proper right, his arm is extended, and his proper left knee is bent. The bronze figure is affixed to the upper middle section of the front of a tall rubble cement stele. The stele features inscriptions on front and back. The stele is set on a concrete pad which has a row of metal candle holders.
