The taking of Smyrna – Monument to Kemal Ataturk
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
1932
Material and technique:
Plaster coated with bronze
Inventory:
inv. C. 472
Model for the side reliefs of the base of the original work in bronze and granite, Izmir.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
This is the largest room in the museum. It displays large scale celebrative, funerary and allegorical works, including the base of the monument to Kemal Ataturk, which Canonica inaugurated at Izmir in 1932 and that dedicated to the Turkish Republic in Group from the battle of Sakarya.
