Jose Marti equestrian statue and the Ritz-Carlton vintage look
by RicardMN Photography
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Jose Marti equestrian statue and the Ritz-Carlton vintage look
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RicardMN Photography
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Jose Marti equestrian statue and the Ritz-Carlton in Central Park South, New York City, USA.
Sculptor Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (-1876�1973) created this larger-than-life bronze equestrian statue depicting Cuban patriot and author Jos� Mart� (-1853�1895). Hyatt Huntington also created the Joan of Arc (1411�1431) bronze equestrian sculpture in Manhattan�s Riverside Park (1915). Her last major work, Hyatt Huntington executed this piece at age 82, and presented the statue as a gift to the Cuban government for presentation to the people of New York City. The Cuban government donated the monument�s dark granite pedestal, which was designed by the architectural firm of Clarke & Rapuano.
Mart� campaigned for the liberation of Cuba from Spain and was imprisoned by Spanish authorities in 1868. Fleeing to New York in 1880, he continued to advocate for Cuban freedom while in exile and organized the Cuban Revolutionary Party in 1892. Mart� returned to Cuba in 1895, at the beginning of Cuba�s successful fight for independence. The monument depicts a reeling yet resolute Mart� after being fatally wounded while atop his horse during the 1895 battle at Dos Rios. Although the statue was completed in 1959, the political climate between pro- and anti-Castro elements in New York necessitated the delay of the monument�s unveiling until 1965.
The piece is one of a trio of bronze equestrian sculptures representing Latin-American leaders that greet visitors to Central Park at the north end of Avenue of the Americas, which was named in 1945 at the suggestion of Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1882�1947) to honor Pan-American ideals and principles. Following the renaming of Sixth Avenue, a new plaza was designed where the avenue meets Central Park, and the monument of Simon Bolivar (1783�1830) was moved to the eastern side of the plaza and rededicated. A month later the statue of Argentine general Jos� de San Mart�n (1778�1850) was unveiled on the west side of the plaza, and in 1965, the Marti monument was dedicated between the two earlier works. The Central Park Conservancy conserved the Mart� monument in 1992 using funds raised by Cuban-Americans from throughout the United States.
Location: Central Park South at Avenue of the Americas
Sculptor: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington
Architect: Clarke & Rapuano
Description: Equestrian statue (over life-size) on integral plinth on pedestal
Materials: Bronze, dark Barre granite
Dimensions: Statue H: 18'6" W: 6'5" D: 12'; Pedestal H: 16'5" W: 8' D: 14'
Cast: 1959
Dedicated: May, 1965
Foundry: Domico Scoma Bronze Works, Queens, NY
Donor: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington; Government of Cuba (pedestal)
Inscription:
South side:
JOSE MARTI
East side:
APOSTOL DE LA INDEPENDENCIA / DE CUBA GUIA DE LOS PUEBLOS / AMERICANOS Y PALADIN DE LA / DIGNIDAD HUMANA SU GENIO / LITERARIO RIVALIZA CON SU / CLARIVIDENCIA POLITICA NACIO / EN HABANA EL 28 DE ENERO DE / 1853. VIVIO QUINCE ANOS DE SU / DESTIERRO EN LA CIUDAD DE NUEVA / YORK MURIO EN EL COMBATE DE / DOS RIOS PROVINCIA DE ORIENTE / EL 19 DE MAYO DE 1895. /
West side:
APOSTLE OF CUBAN INDEPENDENCE / LEADER OF THE PEOPLES OF AMERICA / AND DEFENDER OF HUMAN DIGNITY / HIS LITERACY GENIUS VIED WITH HIS / POLITICAL FORESIGHT. HE WAS BORN / IN HAVANA ON JANUARY 28, 1853 / FOR FIFTEEN YEARS OF HIS EXILE HE LIVED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. / HE DIED IN ACTION AT DOS RIOS IN / ORIENTE PROVINCE ON MAY 19, 1895.
(Description from www.nycgovparks.org).
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