Italian American Museum

Oct. 19 - Dec. 15, 2005

Freeing the Angel From the Stone

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Attilio Piccirilli created all eight sculptures on view in Freeing the Angel from the Stone. The Italian American Museum is pleased to exhibit Attilio Piccirilli's sculptures in various media. The earliest work on view is Head of a Boy (1889), bronze. This as well as Head of a Woman (1901), Leonardo da Vinci (ca. 1940) and Spring Dream (1918), all bronze, were created as individual works. Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcomb (1900), marble, was a portrait commission. Atlantic: Sketch for the Maine Memorial Monument (1910) is a plaster study for one of the colossal fi gures in the Maine Monument at Columbus Circle, in New York City. The Outcast, a bronze from1904, is a smaller version of a much larger public funerary sculpture now located in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The Thomas Jefferson bronze bust (1939) is owned by Queens College, The City University of New York. Another version, created as a marble portrait bust, is housed in the State Capitol Building in Richmond, VA. Please enjoy these sculptures as you visit the Italian American Museum, while observing Attilio's subtle expression, universal appeal, and ability to please the viewer.

Head of a Boy, 1889
Bronze mask on original gray
marble base
11 3/4 x 7 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches
7 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 6 inches (base)
Unsigned
Photograph by Mark Ostrander
Courtesy Conner • Rosenkranz, NY

Head of a Woman, c. 1901
Bronze on green-white marble base
11 3/4 x 7 x 7 inches
3 7/8 x 4 x 4 (base)
Signed: A. Piccirilli fecit
(bottom left edge of truncation)
Photograph by Mark Ostrander
Courtesy Conner • Rosenkranz, NY

Spring Dream, 1918
Bronze
12 x 9 5/8 x 8 inches
Signed: A. Piccirilli
(top rear of self base)
Photograph by Mark Ostrander
Courtesy Dr. Michael Nieland

Mrs. Josephine
Louise Newcomb
(also Mother), 1900
Marble
22 x 12 x 12 inches
Signed: A. Piccirilli fecit 1900
Photograph by Maria Cocchiarelli
Courtesy The Bronx Historical Society

Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1940
Bronze on self bronze base
261/2 x 133/4 x 11 inches
Signed: A. Piccirilli fecit,
Photograph by Jane St. Lifer
Courtesy Tiro A Segno of New York, Inc.

Thomas Jefferson, c. 1939
Bronze
18 x 21 x 11 inches
Photograph by Maria Cocchiarelli
Courtesy of Queens College,
The City University of New York

Atlantic: Sketch for Maine
Memorial Monument, c. 1910
Plaster model
13 x 171/2 x 93/4 inches
Photograph by Mark Ostrander
Courtesy Conner • Rosenkranz, NY

Outcast, 1904
Bronze
7 x 4 x 3 inches
Signed: A. Piccirilli, 1904
Photograph by Maria Cocchiarelli
Courtesy Dr. Jovin Lombardo

Curator: Maria Cocchiarelli, Italian American Museum

Guest Curators: Eleanor and Jerry Koffler

Acknowledgments: This Exhibition and Public Programs are possible due to the incredible support of the Art and Italian American Community.

The individuals responsible are: Kathleen McCauley, Joseph Brostek, Dr. Amy Winter, Dr. Henry Adams, Jonathan Kuhn, Joel Rosenkranz, Jannis Conner, Mark Ostrander, Dr. Michael Nieland, Dr. Jovin Lombardo, Kelsey Kamera, Steven Wheller, Janet Linde, Lis Pearson, Sarah Lev, Roberta Waddell, Michelle Cohen, Gregory Frux, Vincent Cuccia, Dr. Joseph Cocchiarelli, Professor Lloyd Ultan, Professor Eli Rios. Victor Jordan, Susan Olsen, Becca Earley, Precy Preston, Ruth Johnson, Thayer Tolles, Christine Roussel, Alessandro Oliveri, Ruth Ann Wagner, Francine Bellapinta, Michael Cronin, Bill Carroll, Mary Shelley, Jerry Capa, Betty Capa, Vinnie Verlezza, Connie Verlezza, the staffs of The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, and The Italian American Museum. The cultural institutions and others responsible are: The Bronx Historical Society, The National Sculpture Society, Woodlawn Cemetery, The New York Public Library, The Art Commission of the City of New York, The Municipal Art Society, The New York City Parks & Recreation Department, The Museum of the City of New York, The Virginia State Library, Queens College, the City University of New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Stock Exchange Archive, Riverside Church, St. Bartholomew Church, The Frick Reference Library, ECR Antique Conservation and Restoration.