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    		• Ryden, Kenneth G.,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Morrison, John Arch
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Anderson
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    John Arch Morrison Commemorative Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ryden, Kenneth G., 1945- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    John Arch Morrison Commemorative Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 13, 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze on a red brick base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 11 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 3 in. x Diam. 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Top front of base:) LIFE IS SAVED ONLY BY DEDICATION/TO SOMETHING LARGER THAN ITSELF./THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO SPEND IT/FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL OUTLAST IT. DR. JOHN A. MORRISON/1893-1965. unsigned
    Description: 
    A standing life-size figure of John Morrison. He is dressed in a 3-piece suit with a commencement robe over it and open in the front. His proper left hand is holding his lapel. His proper right hand holds a mortar board with the tassel hanging down.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Morrison, John Arch -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Academic Dress
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Anderson
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Anderson University, Arts Department, 1100 East 5th Street, Anderson, Indiana 46012
    Located Anderson University, Decker Hall, Fifth Street, Anderson, Indiana 46012
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain a copy of the Anderson Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN), June 14, 1988 discussing the unveiling of the sculpture. The cast bronze sculpture was done by the university's artist-in-residence, Kenneth G. Ryden, in tribute to the late Dr. John A. Morrison, former president of the university. A plaque on a concrete tablet behind the figure reads: JOHN ARCH MORRISON COMMEMORATIVE SCULPTURE/BY KENNETH G. RYDEN/DEDICATED JUNE 13, 1988/BY FRIENDS, ALUMNI, AND FAMILY/TO HONOR ANDERSON UNIVERSITY'S FIRST PRESIDENT 1919-1958./THE FOLLOWING ARE RECOGNIZED/FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT/TO THE DR. JOHN A. MORRISON TRIBUTE: (a list of names follows).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    Anderson Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN), June 14, 1988.
    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 IN000166
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