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    		• Davis, Gary M.,
     
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    		• Hunt Memorials, Inc.,
     
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    		• Blue Field Foundry,
     
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    		• Braes Gate Foundry,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Franklin
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Discussion, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Davis, Gary M., sculptor.
    Hunt Memorials, Inc., fabricator.
    Blue Field Foundry, founder.
    Braes Gate Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Discussion, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1989. Cast May 1-16, 1989. Dedicated May 20, 1989.
    Medium: 
    Everdur bronze on light grey granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 1/2 ft. x 30 in. x 30 in.; Base: 39 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of base:) GARY M. DAVIS 1989/Jeffrey Davis (Artist's Son) (Bluefield foundry mark and Braesgate foundry mark appear on back of base) (On front of granite base:) When we,/Decades hence, are gone,/And all we treasure/Dissipated with our prejudice,/And son and daughter/Come to take the measure/Of our century,/Let them say this:/"They strove for honor;/They hoped for grace;/Their struggles are written/In this rich place."/Robert S. Foote '62 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A figurative bronze sculpture of a teenage boy and girl in an animated discussion. Both figures hold books and turn towards each other. The girl wears a knee-length dress with short sleeves. She stands on her proper right foot, while her proper left foot is slightly raised. She holds a book behind her back in her proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    Occupation -- Education -- Student
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Conversation
    Figure group
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Franklin
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Battle Ground Academy, 1314 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, Tennessee 37064
    Remarks: 
    This sculpture was commissioned by Centennial Patrons to commemorate Battle Ground Academy's centennial year. Hunt Memorials fabricated the granite base and lettering.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    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 TN000291
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