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St. Francis With Deer, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Italy), fabricator. Method Balco Company, contractor. Title:  St. Francis With Deer, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Saint Francis With Deer, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1961. Relocated late 1970s. Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 1 ft. 9 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 11 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  St. Francis is seated in a chair with proper left foot raised on a rock. He is dressed in a full-length robe with a cowl neck. His proper left hand rests on the neck of a deer standing at his proper left side. A squirrel is begging at his feet. A bird is perched on the proper right arm of the chair. Flowers are draped on the proper left side of the chair. He holds an open book, perhaps the Bible, on his proper right knee with his proper right thumb and hand holding it in place. A rosary is draped across his proper left knee. The sculpture is mounted upon a square block. Subject:  Religion -- Saint -- St. Francis Animal -- Deer Animal -- Squirrel Animal -- Bird Object -- Flower Object -- Other -- Rosary Object -- Written Matter -- Bible Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Mount St. Francis Sculpture Owner:  Mount St. Francis, 101 St. Anthony Drive, On hill at entrance off State Route 150, Mount St. Francis, Indiana 47146 Remarks:  The sculpture was fabricated in Italy and acquired through Method Balco Company. It was originally shipped to Carey, Ohio around 1961. Because it was cracked, the sculpture was transferred to a novitiate in Auburn, Indiana. The novitiate closed in 1975 and the sculpture was relocated to Mount St. Francis Church in the late 1970s. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000918   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000918 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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