Sacco and Vanzetti bas-relief [art original].

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Sacco and Vanzetti bas-relief [art original].

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Plaster model of bronze bas-relief depicting the profiles of Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, the arm of justice and a statement by Vanzetti. The piece was inspired by words written by Vanzetti on the last day of his life: "What I wish more than all in this last hour of agony is that our case and our fate may be understood in their real being and serve as a tremendous lesson to the forces of freedom so that our suffering and death will not have been in vain."

1 bas-relief ; 3.5 x 7 ft.

Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775501

Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927

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Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Seven years later, they were electrocuted in the electric chair at Charlestown State Prison. After a few hours' deliberation on July 14, 1921, the jury convicted S...

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Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941

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Sculptor. From the description of Gutzon Borglum letters to John A. Stewart, 1914 and [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515632 American, 1867-1918. From the description of John Ruskin, Seated [sculpture]. [19--] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906576 Artist, author, and sculptor. Full name: John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum. From the description of Gutzon Borglum papers, 1895-1960 (bulk 1912-1941). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77...

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927

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