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    		• Morrison, Robert,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Curry, Abraham Van Santvoord,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Art
     
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    		• Occupation -- Monetary
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Carson City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Abraham Van Santvoord Curry, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Morrison, Robert, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Abraham Van Santvoord Curry, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Man with a Vision, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Jan. 22, 1979.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: cast bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 3 x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Bronze plaque on front of base:) Abraham Curry, the "father of Carson City",/accomplished more in his 15 year residence/than most men hope to do in a lifetime./(12 lines of text)/Dedicated January 22, 1979/A gift to the people of Nevada from the/Nevada Association of Realtors/Sculptor: Robert Morrison, UNR unsigned
    Description: 
    Abraham Curry stands wearing a shirt, pants, and shoes. He holds a rolled-up map or diagram in his proper left hand and gestures with his proper right hand. He stands atop a base with an inscribed plaque.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Curry, Abraham Van Santvoord, -- Full length
    Occupation -- Art -- Architect
    Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist
    Object -- Written Matter -- Map
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Carson City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Nevada, Public Works Board, 100 Stewart Street, Carson City, Nevada 89710
    Located Supreme Court of Nevada Building, 100 Stewart Street, Carson City, Nevada
    Remarks: 
    Donated by the Nevada Association of Realtors. Abraham Curry, 1815-1873, laid out Carson City, offered his hotels to the first legislature, served as first superintendent of the local U.S. Mint, and donated the land under the capitol. IAS files contain a related article from Nevada Appeal (Carson City, NV), Jan. 23, 1979, pg. 1.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Nevada Appeal (Carson City, NV), Jan. 23, 1979, pg. 1.
    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 NV000172
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