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Memorial to George Warren, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Memorial to George Warren, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1917. Medium:  Concrete, painted white with bronze relief plaques. Dimensions:  Approx. 11 x 12 x 12 ft. Inscription:  (On plaque with figure:) GEORGE WARREN/BORN/UNKNOWN/DIED 1892/POOR IN PURSE/RICH IN FRIENDS (On plaque with palm frond:) ERECTED A.D. 1917/TO THE MEMORY OF/GEORGE WARREN/PIONEER, PROSPECTOR/FOR WHOM THE/WARREN MINING DISTRICT/IS NAMED unsigned Description:  Vertical, rectangular marker stands on a two-tiered base. There are two relief plaques. One plaque contains a full-length figure of George Warren. He wears late 19th century mining clothes including a wide-brimmed hat, open shirt, undershirt, trousers and shoes. He leans on a pick handle held in his proper left hand and rests his proper right elbow on a pile of rocks. The other plaque has the dedicatory text and a relief of a palm frond. Subject:  Portrait male -- Warren, George -- Full length Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Object -- Tool -- Pick Object -- Foliage -- Palm Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Bisbee Relief Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Bisbee, Public Works, 118 Arizona Street, Bisbee, Arizona 85603 Located Evergreen Cemetery, Bisbee, Arizona Remarks:  George Warren was a miner associated with the Copper Queen Mine. He likeness is used on the Arizona State Seal. IAS files include an excerpt from "Museums and Other Attractions of Arizona's Smaller Communities," by Korene Charnofsky Cohen and Dale C. Cohen (Tucson, AZ: Dancing Unicorn Press, 1993). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona 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 AZ000663   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AZ000663 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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