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Gaetano Federici Sculptor 1953 / Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry NYC (On sculpture, below figure's proper left hand:) COLUMBUS/TRIUMPHANT ON HIS ENTRY/TO BARCELONA/SPAIN/FOLLOWING HIS/RETURN FROM THE DISCOVERY/OF THE NEW WORLD/APRIL 9, 1493 (On front of granite base, just below sculpture:) COLUMBUS (On back of granite base:) Christopher Columbus/Monument/dedicated October 12, 1953 (names of Memorial Fund officers, committee members, and park commissioners) (On face of eagle relief:) THIS MEMORIAL PIONEERS IN INITIATING AND SYMBOLIZING A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR THE AMERICANIZATION OF COLUMBUS DAY IN THE UNITED STATES. THOUSANDS OF PATERSONIANS OF ALL RACIAL ORIGINS BY THEIR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS MADE THIS TRULY AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO THE DISCOVERER OF THE NEW WORLD POSSIBLE. signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A waist-length portrait of Christopher Columbus holding his gloves in his proper left hand and his helmet in his proper right hand. Around his neck is a medallion with a picture of the Virgin Mary. The sculpture rests atop a tall square granite base. On the front of the granite base is a bronze relief plaque adorned with an eagle and an American flag.
