Bust of Stefan Żeromski

Bust of Stefan Żeromski
The sculpture in 2010.
LocationAlliance Square, Praga-South, Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates52°13′53″N 21°03′22″E / 52.23139°N 21.05611°E / 52.23139; 21.05611
DesignerStanisław Sikora
TypeBust
Opening date16 September 1987
Dedicated toStefan Żeromski

The bust of Stefan Żeromski (Polish: popiersie Stefana Żeromskiego) is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, placed at the Alliance Square in the neighbourhood of Saska Kępa, within the district of Praga-South. It is a large bust depicting Stefan Żeromski, a 19th- and 20th-century novelist and dramatist, and placed on a stone pedestal. The sculpture was designed by Stanisław Sikora, and unveiled on 16 September 1987.

History

The sculpture was made by Stanisław Sikora, and unveiled at the Alliance Square on 16 September 1987.[1] It was placed in front of cinema Sawa. The sculpture was removed after the building was deconstructed in 2000, and was re-unvailed in 2001, being moved several meters from the previous location.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hanna Faryna-Paszkiewicz: Saska Kępa. Warsaw: Murator, 2001, p. 126. ISBN 83-915407-0-7. (in Polish)
  2. ^ Irena Grzesiuk-Olszewska: Warszawska rzeźba pomnikowa. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Neriton, 2003, p. 162. ISBN 83-88973-59-2. (in Polish)