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Thomas Green Clemson, (sculpture). Artist:  Davidson, A. Wolf, 1903-1981, sculptor. Acorn, John T., 1937- , assistant. Modern Art Foundry, founder. Title:  Thomas Green Clemson, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled 1936. Cast 1966. Dedicated 1967. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Winnsboro, South Carolina granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 58 x 30 1/4 x 45 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 78 x 98 x 114 in. Inscription:  (Lower back right:) A WOLFE DAVIDSON, SC, 1936 (Lower back left:) MODERN ART FOUNDRY/NEW YORK/NY (Plaque on front of base:) THOMAS GREEN CLEMSON/BORN IN PHILADELPHIA JULY 1 1807/DIED AT FORT HILL APRIL 6 1888/SCIENTIST DIPLOMAT SOLDIER/FOUNDER OF CLEMSON COLLEGE/AND BENEFACTOR TO THE SONS/OF HIS ADOPTED STATE signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A portrait of a bearded Thomas Green Clemson seated in a simple block-form chair with his hands folded in his lap, fingers intertwined. He looks straight ahead, elbows resting on the chair arms. He wears a frock coat, vest, bow tie, long trousers and square-toed shoes. A cloak is draped over the chair back. The sculpture rests on a high granite base that rests on two steps. Subject:  Portrait male -- Clemson, Thomas Green -- Full length Occupation -- Education Occupation -- Science -- Scientist Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Clemson Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634 Located Clemson University, Tillman Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634 Remarks:  The artist, Abraham Wolfe Davidson, was a college student who entered and won a sculpture competition for the portrait of Thomas Green Clemson. Due to lack of funds during the depression, his 1936 concrete model was not immediately cast in bronze. It was Davidson's dream that came true in 1966 when the bronze casting was completed and the sculpture replaced the concrete model that had stood at the same location. The concrete model was then intentionally destroyed. IAS files contain copy of Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina), July 9, 1966, which has a photograph showing Davidson a making plaster mold of his concrete sculpture from which he and John Acorn prepared a plaster model for the bronze. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993. Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina), July 9, 1966. SOS Assessment Award, 2000. Inventory staff, 2001. Illustration:  Image on file. Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina), July 9, 1966. 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 SC000012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SC000012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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