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St. Francis of the Guns, (sculpture). Artist:  Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970, sculptor. Title:  St. Francis of the Guns, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Saint Francis of the Guns, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1968. Cast 1968. Dedicated May 1977. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: metal, ceramic tile; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. x 1 1/2 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Full-length portrait of St. Francis. He wears a monk's robe and cowl. His arms are stretched straight out on either side of his body. The bottom front of his robe is ceramic tile mosaic. The mosaic scene depicts a choir of people wearing long robes and holding a long sheet of music between them. Above the choir are four portrait heads of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. On each side of the mosaic is the elongated figure of a child with arms raised to embrace the scene. The metal sculpture stands on a concrete base. Subject:  Religion -- Saint -- St. Francis Portrait male -- Kennedy, John F. -- Head Occupation -- Political -- Senator Occupation -- Political -- President Portrait male -- Kennedy, Robert -- Head Occupation -- Political -- Senator Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Occupation -- Political -- Attorney General Portrait male -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. -- Head Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Ethnic -- African American Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Head Figure group Object -- Written Matter -- Sheet Music Performing Arts -- Music -- Choir Children Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Mosaic Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located City College of San Francisco, Science Hall, 11 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, California Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto in 1968 after the King and Kennedy assassinations. The sculpture was cast from melted down guns which were turned in by citizens of San Francisco. The sculpture was donated to the city by the artist in 1977. IAS files contain copy of article from San Francisco Examiner, May 12, 1977, and related city correspondence and transcripts of Visual Arts Committee resolution, no. 9527-1969-S. References:  Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. "San Francisco Civic Art Collection: a Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco", San Francisco: The Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 86. Illustration:  Image on file. San Francisco Examiner, May 12, 1977. 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 CA001771   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001771 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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