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    		• Medenica, Branko,
     
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    		• Montoya Art Studios,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Duty Called, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Medenica, Branko, 1950- , sculptor.
    Montoya Art Studios, founder.
    Title: 
    Duty Called, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Copyrighted 1986. Dedicated May 9, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: silicone bronze; Base: black granite and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 30 in. x 32 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 5 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. (1,200 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right leg, bottom:) BRANKO MEDENICA (copyright symbol) '86 (On proper right heel:) "ENLARGED MONTOYA ART STUDIO" (Incised on base, front:) DUTY CALLED/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS:/"THAT HE GIVES HIS LIFE TO SAVE A FRIEND"/LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DO EVEN MORE,/SOMETIMES THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES TO SAVE/A STRANGER./BRANKO MEDENICA/SCULPTOR (On base, rear:) ERECTED BY THE ALABAMA STATE/LODGE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE/AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS./MAY 9, 1986 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bronze figure of a male law enforcement officer stands on a square, base with polished granite facing over concrete. The figure is looking at a police hat held close to his chest in his proper left hand. He holds his own police hat at his side, in his proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
    Dress -- Uniform -- Police Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission, Department of Finance, 468 South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
    Located Alabama State Capitol, Corner of Bainbridge Avenue & Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Alabama State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police in memory of officers killed in the line of duty. The cost was approximately $50,000. IAS files contain related articles from the Montgomery Advertiser, May 7, 1986 and the Alabama Journal, May 7, 1986 and May 10, 1986.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS AL000359
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