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Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Cashwan, Samuel Adolph, 1900- , sculptor. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Memorial to Willoughby Miller, (sculpture). Dr. Willoughby D. Miller Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone or marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 x 12 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 9 in. x 15 ft. x 2 ft. Inscription:  (On central pillar:) WILLOUGHBY D. MILLER/1853 1907/AN ALUMNUS OF/THIS UNIVERSITY/ DEAN ELECT OF ITS/SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY/A SCIENTIST WHOSE/RESEARCHES WERE/FUNDAMENTAL TO/THE DEVELOPMENT/OF THE DENTAL/PROFESSION Description:  Central pillar with inscription flanked by two relief panels. Right panel depicts a seated woman dressed in a flowing robe, with three infants on her lap. Left panel depicts three robed figures: man with book in proper right hand, bending over kneeling man whose head is turned to proper left; female figure clutching staff with snakes in proper left hand, while proper right arm is extended towards two men. Right panel represents child welfare and left panel represents the progress of scientific research. Subject:  Homage -- Miller, Willoughby D. Occupation -- Education -- Dean Occupation -- Science Occupation -- Medicine -- Dentist Allegory -- Life -- Childhood Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Michigan, Physical Properties Building, 326 East Hoover, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Located University of Michigan, Dental School, 1011 North University, Ann Arbor, Michigan Remarks:  Dr. Willoughby Miller (1854-1907) was elected Dean of the School of Dentistry, but died before assuming the post. This sculpture was created through the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project in Michigan, which Cashwan oversaw. The sculpture was a gift of the faculty and alumni of the School of Dentistry. IAS files contain an excerpt from Ellen A. Plummer and Frederick W. Mayer's "The University of Michigan Ann Arbor Campus Outdoor Sculpture," Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, c. 1993, pg. 21 (which lists the media as marble); and an unpublished excerpt from Einar Kvaran's "Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County," 1989. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. 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 MI000045   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000045 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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