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Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Dimitrieff, N. V.  Search this
Founder:
Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry  Search this
Subject:
Pushkin, Alexander Sergeevich  Search this
Medium:
Statue: bronze, painted black; Base: granite
Culture:
Russian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Jackson Township Department of Public Works Jackson Township New Jersey 08527
Located Pushkin Park Rova Farm, Intersection of Route 571 & Perrineville Road Cassville New Jersey
Date:
1941. Dedicated 1949
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Summary:
A waist-length portrait of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, wearing long sideburns and dressed in traditional 19th century gentleman's clothes, including a cape which hangs over his proper right shoulder and flows around his back to his proper left side. He holds a scrolled paper with text inscribed into it in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is raised up to his chest. The portrait is painted black and is installed on top of a tapered stone base.
Topic:
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Dramatist  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Scroll  Search this
Control number:
IAS NJ000261
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_329903