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    		• Lober, Georg,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Paine, Thomas
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Morristown
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Thomas Paine, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lober, Georg, 1892-1961, sculptor.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Thomas Paine, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1948. Cast May 19, 1950. Dedicated July 4, 1950.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 98 x 86 x 57 1/2 in.; Base: 60 x 89 1/2 x 60 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) THOMAS PAINE/1737 - 1809/ENGLISH BY BIRTH/FRENCH CITIZEN BY DECREE/AMERICAN BY ADOPTION/AUTHOR OF/COMMON SENSE/THE AMERICAN CRISIS/RIGHTS OF MAN/THE AGE OF REASON/YOUR PRESENCE MAY REMIND/CONGRESS (AND THE PEOPLE/OF YOUR PAST SERVICE/TO THIS COUNTRY/GEORGE WASHINGTON (IAS files contain text of additional inscriptions) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A seated portrait of Thomas Paine portrayed as he is writing one of his "Crisis" papers. He uses a drum for a desk and holds a quill pen in his proper right hand. His well-known quote, "These are the times that try men's souls" can be read on the paper. The sculpture rests atop a large square base inscribed with excerpts from Paine's writings, such as "Rights of Man" --Paine's response to Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution, and "The Age of Reason --Paine's ideas on religion.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Paine, Thomas -- Full length
    Occupation -- Writer
    Occupation -- Political -- Patriot
    History -- United States -- Revolution
    Object -- Written Matter
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Morristown
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Morristown, Department of Administration, 38 Dumont Place, Morristown, New Jersey 07960
    Located Burnham Park, Route 24, Morristown, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain excerpts from Virginia L. Bostick's "The Public Monuments and Sculpture of Morristown, New Jersey," 1978 (which contains the complete transcription of all inscriptions); and the Congressional Record-Appendix," 1958, A5927; and newspaper articles from The New York Times, May 20, 1950; The Sunday Star-Ledger, Jan. 19, 1992; and The Daily Record," July 5, 1950.
    References: 
    Percoco, Jim, 1991.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 74300001
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