A 95-year-old seamstress was finally reunited with a sculpture, now on display in Little Italy, that was modeled after her.
Retired seamstress Maria Pulsone next to her long lost statue which will be on display at the Italian American Museum in Little Italy.When Maria Pulsone, her husband, and their 7-year-old son left the Molise region of Italy in 1955 and set sail for a better life in the United States on the Andrea Doria, little did she know that almost 70 years later, a statue of her would be immortalized at a ceremony at the Italian American Museum on Mulberry Street in New York City’s Little Italy on Wednesday.
Carey Graeber, Kozinn’s wife, recalled the sculptors had wrapped Pulsone in plaster and that she had straws put in her nose so she could breathe. Once they had acquired the statue, the next question was where to display it. Since Pulsone Heppner’s New York City apartment and her grandmother’s backyard in Queens weren’t a viable option, Pulsone Heppner searched for an appropriate location and discovered that the Italian American Museum was under renovation but set to reopen in 2024.
“ puts a face to the story of that time and place where Italian Americans were toiling in the garment industry trying to create a better life for themselves and their family,” Pulsone Heppner said. “For her to be here permanently, it’s just the perfect place .”
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