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    		• Torrini, Rudolph,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Dooley, Thomas
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Laotian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Notre Dame
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dr. Tom Dooley and Two Laotian Children, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Torrini, Rudolph, 1923-2018, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Dr. Tom Dooley and Two Laotian Children, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985. Dedicated Feb. 1, 1986.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right rear:) R. TORRINI 85 (On proper left rear: founder's mark) (On plaque on front of base:) THOMAS A. DOOLEY, M.D. '48/1927-1961/Who as a pre-medical student/cherished Our Lady's Grotto/and who as a physician served the afflicted people of Southeast Asia/with uncommon devotion and dedication/Gift of the/Notre Dame Club of St. Louis/and the sculptor/Rudolph E. Torrini '59/Dedicated February 1, 1986 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A thirty-year old Dr. Thomas Dooley is seen standing, holding a nude infant in his proper left arm and placing his proper right hand on the shoulder of a young girl standing next to him. The barefoot young girl wears a short shift. She raises her proper left hand to the doctor's hand and holds the hem of her shift with her proper right hand. The sculpture is mounted on a two-tiered rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Dooley, Thomas -- Full length
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Children
    Ethnic -- Laotian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Notre Dame
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Notre Dame, Facilities Operations, 100 Maintenance Center, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
    Located University of Notre Dame, The Grotto, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture commemorates Dr. Thomas A. Dooley (1927-1985), who served in Southeast Asia. The sculpture was a gift of the Notre Dame Club of St. Louis and the artist. For additional information see The Observer, Oct. 16, 1985 and Jan. 28, 1986. IAS files contain a copy of the foundry mark.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000538
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