Sculptor:

Domagalski, Christopher  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: concrete; Base: geodes and assorted stones

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Discalced Carmelite Fathers Carmelite Monastery and Shrines 1628 Ridge Road Carmelite Shrines Munster Indiana 46321

Date:

1975

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.

Image on file.

(On bronze plaques on right and left sides of base: list of names) unsigned

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Summary:

Saint Maximilian Kolbe is depicted with shaved head and bare, boney shoulders dressed in a concentration camp uniform. A triangular emblem containing a "P" and the number "16670" hangs from the proper left side of his shirt. He extends his proper left hand out to his side and holds a heart in front of him in the palm of his proper right hand. To the proper left of the sculpture is an eternal flame with plaque.

Topic:

History--Europe--Holocaust  Search this

Religion--Saint--St. Maximilian  Search this

State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this

Control number:

IAS IN000956

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_339422