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Bufano, Beniamino,
Portrait male -- Sun Yat-sen
Ethnic -- Chinese
Dress -- Ethnic
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970, sculptor.
Title:
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, (sculpture).
Dates:
Modeled 1937. Installed 1938.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: stainless steel and rose granite; Base: red granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 10 ft. 2 in. x 7 1/2 ft.
Inscription:
(Base, stainless steel plaque:) DR. SUN YAT SEN/ 1866-1925/ FOUNDER OF THE KUO MIN TANG/ CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY/ FATHER OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC/ & FIRST PRESIDENT/ LOVER OF MANKIND, PROPONENT OF FRIENDSHIP & PEACE/ AMONG THE NATIONS BASED ON EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND GOODWILL (Center of the plaque contains a Chinese inscription) unsigned
Description:
This portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen consists of a stiff, formal, stainless steel body with hands and head made of red granite. His eyes are closed and his arms are crossed in front of his body. One hand rests on top of the other on top of a cane that he holds in front of him. He wears traditional Chinese dress consisting of a long, full-length skirt and a short jacket with buttons down the front and a mandarin collar. The sculpture rests on a short oval base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Sun Yat-sen -- Full length
Ethnic -- Chinese
Dress -- Ethnic -- Chinese Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
Located St. Mary's Square, Between California & Pine Streets, midway between Grant & Kearny Streets, San Francisco, California
Remarks:
This sculpture was created as part of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project. The Chinese inscription on the base plaque is a quote by Lin Sen, President of China in 1937, and a translation reads "Father of the Chinese Republic and First President (1921-1922). Champion of Democracy -- Proponent of Peace and Friendship Among Nations." IAS files contain an excerpt from, Francis V. O'Connor's "Art for the Millions: Essays from the 1930s by Artists and Administrators of the WPA Federal Art Project," Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, pg. 107-110; and an excerpt from the 1953 Art Festival catalog, pg. 9. For additional information the Nob Hill Gazette (San Francisco, CA), Nov. 1992 and the San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 24, 1970.
References:
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
O'Connor, Francis V. "Art for the Millions: Essays from the 1930s by Artists and Administrators of the WPA Federal Art Project," Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, pg. 107-110.
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 CA000017
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