Bronx County Courthouse
Joe created this sculptured group in limestone. It is on the Bronx County Courthouse, also known as the Mario Merola Building, in New York City. Joe’s note on the back of a photo by DeWitt Ward reads: ‘Bronx County Court House’ and ‘located on Walton Ave side of street Concourse Village’.
Another photo of the grouping is labeled “Justice” by Joe with this description: “Limestone panel 12’ x 18’ on the city and Municipal Court House Lafayette St. N.Y.C. William Laxx and Matthew Delxxx, architects.” The architects names are not legible. The building was constructed between 1931 and 1934.
Some descriptions credit Joe entirely for this work but a history of the Mario Merola Bronx County Building has this paragraph; “The tall rectangular block sculptures by Adolph A. Weinman are largely allegorical, paying homage to the history of government by law through the ages, beginning with Egypt, Greece, and Rome. They were created with the assistance of collaborators and sculpted by Weinman and his associates, Edward F. Sanford, George Snowden and Joseph Kiselewski.”
With further study we’ll discover Joe’s relationship with Weinman who was older than Joe and a renowned architectural sculptor.
The American Heritage Exhibit
In December 1983 Joseph Kiselewski, then living in semi-retirement in Browerville, made an agreement with Jim Sandelin of Lee State Bank in Browerville. Sandelin agreed to host a permanent exhibit of thirty some of Joe’s sculptures and a couple dozen framed studio quality photos of Joe’s work at the bank. The sculptures, some of which are experimental models of larger sculptures, were to be housed in glass cases in the banks lobby and available for public viewing. Some years later, Lee State Bank became part of American Heritage Bank, which owns banks in several Central Minnesota communities. American Heritage continues to honor the agreement made between Mr. Sandelin and Mr. Kiselewski.
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