Jose Julian Marti

Artist: Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt

With: Clarke & Rapuano, architect

Status: In Situ and Within Central Park

Title: Jose Julian Marti 

Dates: 1959

Medium: Bronze and granite 

Dimensions:Statue H: 18 ft. 6 in. W: 6 ft. 5 in.  D: 12 ft. ; Pedestal H: 16 ft. 5 in.  W: 8 ft.  D: 14 ft. 

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. /