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    		• Kormendi, Eugene,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Flanagan, Edward J.
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Boys Town
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Father Flanagan Statue), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kormendi, Eugene, 1889-1959, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Father Flanagan Statue), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    (Variety Club's Father Flanagan Statue), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1948. Dedicated Nov. 28, 1948.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Bedford stone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 7 ft. 1 in. x 5 ft. (22 tons).
    Inscription: 
    Eugene Kormendi (Plaque on front of base:) 1886 (heart shape) 1948/IN MEMORY OF/RT. REV. MONSIGNOR/ EDWARD J. FLANAGAN/FOUNDER OF BOYS TOWN AND/RECIPIENT OF VARIETY CLUBS/FIRST HUMANITARIAN AWARD/HIS DICTUM:/"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BAD BOY"/ERECTED BY/THE VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL/1948/JOHN H. HARRIS/INTERNATIONAL/BIG BOSS/R.J. O'DONNELL/INTERNATIONAL/CHIEF BARKER signed
    Description: 
    Father Flanagan seated. He is dressed in religious garb, surrounded by four boys, two seated and two kneeling.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Flanagan, Edward J. -- Full length
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Boys Town
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010
    Located Heroes Boulevard, Boys Town, Nebraska
    Remarks: 
    Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
    The statue commemorates Right Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan, founder and director of Boys Town. The statue was a gift from the Variety Clubs International. IAS files contain newsclippings concerning the unveiling and significance of the sculpture, including New York Times Nov. 29, 1948 and World Herald (Omaha, NE) Nov. 28, 1948, sect. A. pg. 24.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska 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 NE000054
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