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    		• Canales, Joe,
     
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    		• Dixie Granite Company,
     
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    		• Religion -- Satan
     
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    		• Object -- Toy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
     
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    The Blue Devil Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Canales, Joe, sculptor.
    Dixie Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Blue Devil Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Granite Bowl Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 9, 1961.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Elberton granite; Base: Elberton granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 59 x 19 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 6 1/2 x 24 x 24 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of sculpture, incised lettering:) HOME/OF THE/BLUE DEVILS/DEDICATED/SEPTEMBER 9, 1961/ELBERT COUNTY BOOSTERS CLUB/DR. R. M. BRETCHES, PRES./DIRECTORS/(twelve names follow)/JOSE CANALES.SCULPTOR signed
    Description: 
    A marker designed for the Granite Bowl, with the face of a "Blue Devil" in high relief on the upper front. The devil has two horns, two fangs, and a short goatee. Beneath the relief is an inscription. On top of the marker is a football. The sculpture is mounted upon a short, square base.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Satan
    Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Elbert County Board of Education, 50 Laurel Drive, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Located Elbert County Middle School, 45 Forest Avenue, Granite Bowl, entrance, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Elberton High School, 45 Forest Avenue, Granite Bowl, entrance, Elberton, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture commemorates the school's football team, the "Elbert County Blue Devils," and was completed as part of the project to build the Granite Bowl in the summer of 1961. The $12,000 project was initiated by Ben Sutton, a local real estate man and former Parks Director for the City of Elberton, and was continued by members of the Boosters Club. Elbert County Middle School was once the Elberton High School (also known as White High School or Central High). IAS files contain a full transcription of names on front of marker, and related article from The Elberton Graniteer (Summer 1962), pg. 6, 7.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000396
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