Ace the Dog (Polish: Pies As) is a sandstone sculpture located in Warsaw, Poland within the Royal Baths Park. It depicts a fictional pointing dog Ace (Polish: As), a main character of 1896 novel As by Adolf Dygasiński. It is a replica of a 1903 sculpture by Czesław Makowski.[1]

Ace the Dog
The sculpture of As the Dog in 2021.
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52°13′00.5088″N 21°01′50.2421″E / 52.216808000°N 21.030622806°E / 52.216808000; 21.030622806
LocationRoyal Baths Park, Warsaw, Poland
DesignerCzesław Makowski
TypeSculpture
MaterialSandstone
Length87 cm
Width25 cm
Height33 cm

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The sculpture of Ace the Dog is located Warsaw, Poland, within the Royal Baths Park. Its placed near the Old Orangery, in the location of the burial of guard dogs that worked in Royal Baths Museum in the park.[1]

It is a replica of a 1903 bronze sculpture by Czesław Makowski, which was part of the tombstone of Adolf Dygasiński. The sculpture is made from the sandstone, and depicts a sleeping pointing dog. Its name comes from the titular canine character of Dygasiński's 1896 novel As. The dimentions of the sculpture are 25 × 87 x 33 cm.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ a b c "Pies As". lazienki-krolewskie.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ Maria Irena Kwiatkowska: Warszawscy rzeźbiarze XIX wieku. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1995, pp. 330−331. ISBN 83-01-08790-0. (in Polish)
  3. ^ "Czesław Makowski, Pies 'As'". lazienki-krolewskie.pl (in Polish).