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    		• McMahon, Marghe,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Scribner, Thomas Jefferson
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Cruz
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Thomas Jefferson Scribner, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    McMahon, Marghe, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Thomas Jefferson Scribner, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Sawplayer, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 12, 1978. Relocated July 1993. Rededicated July 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 43 x 38 x 38 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 48 x 48 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On sole of proper right shoe:) M. Mc 78 (On plaque on base:) THOMAS JEFFERSON SCRIBNER/SAWPLAYER signed
    Description: 
    Seated figure of Thomas Jefferson Scribner bowing a saw is installed on a square base. He wears a bowler hat and sits cross-legged with the saw in his lap. He holds the bow in his proper right hand and holds the end of the saw in his proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Scribner, Thomas Jefferson -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Lumber
    Occupation -- Other -- Labor Leader
    Performing Arts -- Music
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Cruz
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Santa Cruz, Parks and Recreation Department, 323 Church Street, Santa Cruz, California 95060
    Located St. George Hotel, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, California
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Scope Park, Water & North Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, California 95062 1978-1993
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture honors Thomas Jefferson Scribner, a local sawplayer who played near the sculpture's present site outside the St. George Hotel. The sculpture was originally installed in Scope Park and was moved and rededicated in 1993. Mr. Scribner was also a lumberjack and union organizer. He died in 1982 at the age of 83. IAS files include related articles from the City on a Hill Press, Nov. 2, 1978 and the Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 10, 1993.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
    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 CA001872
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