Ace the Dog () is a 1919 sandstone sculpture by Czesław Makowski. It is located in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district. The sculpture is placed in the Royal Baths Park, near the Old Orangery, in the location of the burial of guard dogs of the Royal Baths Museum. The sculpture depicts a fictional pointing dog Ace (Polish: As), a main character in the 1896 novel As by Adolf Dygasiński. It is a stone replica of a bronze sculpture by Makowski form 1903.
History The sculpture Ace the Dog was created in 1919 by Czesław Makowski. It is a stone replica of his 1903 bronze sculpture, which was part of the tombstone of Adolf Dygasiński at the Powązki Cemetery. Its name comes from the titular canine character of Dygasiński's 1896 novel As. The sculpture was placed in Royal Baths Park, near the Old Orangery, in the location of the burial of guard dogs of the Royal Baths Museum.
Characteristics The statue depicts a sleeping pointing dog.Maria Irena Kwiatkowska: Warszawscy rzeźbiarze XIX wieku. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1995, pp. 330−331. ISBN 83-01-08790-0. (in Polish) Its dimensions are 87 × 25 × 33 cm (34 × 9.8 × 13 in).
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