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    Daybreak, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Franklin, Gilbert Alfred, 1919-2004, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Daybreak, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1967. Installed 1968.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 x 10 x 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 x Diam. 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower rear:) G. Franklin '67 signed
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Time -- Dawn
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Rhode Island School of Design, Physical Plant, 2 College Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
    Located Rhode Island School of Design, Benefit Street at Waterman Street, Homer Lawn, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth in memory of her father, Stephen O. Metcalf, former treasurer of the Rhode Island School of Design. Artist was an alumnus and on faculty at the school. IAS files include an article from the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Oct. 15, 1968.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI0025, 1989.
    Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence : Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 32-33.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: The Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 32.
    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 RI000036
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