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    		• Prezzi,
     
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    		• Cecchini, Richard,
     
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    		• Canales Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Franklin D. Roosevelt, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Prezzi, sculptor.
    Cecchini, Richard, 1903-1981, sculptor.
    Canales Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Franklin D. Roosevelt, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated March 14, 1941. Rededicated Oct. 18, 1995.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 99 x 65 x 28 in.; Base: overall approx. 14 1/2 x 178 1/2 x 70 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base, incised:) FRANKLIN D./ROOSEVELT unsigned
    Description: 
    A high relief bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt atop a rectangular granite base that projects from a rough granite slab. The base is carved with a foliage along the bottom. The memorial originally had flanking mid-level side sections and sat on a wide, two-tiered base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Elbert County Board of Education, 50 Laurel Drive, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Located Elbert County Middle School, 45 Forest Avenue, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was created inm 1941 through the Works Progress Administration, along with the nearby armory/auditorium, now known as the Rock Gym, on what was originally the high school campus, now the Elberton County Middle School's campus. The sculpture was formerly located about twenty feet away, near the armory/auditorum, now known as the Rock Gym. Richard Cecchini completed the sculpture after Prezzi's death. For additional information see articles in the Anderson Independent-Mail, Jan. 12, 1995; Atlanta Journal/Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 8, 1995, Sunday Reader section; the Athens Daily News, Sept. 20, 1995, pg. 12A; and the Elbert County Examiner, Dec. 22, 1993, pg. 3A and Dec. 13, 1994. In 1995, the sculpture was restored through the fund-raising efforts of a group of Elberton County Middle School students known as the HARD ROCK Kids, an acronym for Having A Real Dream - Restoring Our Cultural Keepsakes.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1993.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    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 GA000274
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