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    		• Parker, Cordray,
     
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    		• Knight, Greg,
     
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    		• Sowden, Nancy,
     
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    		• Gam, Michael,
     
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    		• Wagstaff, James,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Harrison, Tinsley R.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Tinsley Randolph Harrison, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Parker, Cordray, sculptor.
    Knight, Greg, assistant.
    Sowden, Nancy, assistant.
    Gam, Michael, assistant.
    Wagstaff, James, assistant.
    Title: 
    Tinsley Randolph Harrison, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Installed Dec. 1987.
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    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze with black coating or patina, and stainless steel supports; Base: travertine marble and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 9 x 6 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 15 ft. x 9 ft. x 1 ft. 4 in. (2,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture lower proper left side:) Cordray/Parker/1986 signed
    Description: 
    Bust of Dr. Tinsley R. Harrison composed of three fragmented sections mounted on the facade of a building. The central section is the subject's slightly bowed head. He is bald and wears glasses. Second section is abstracted proper right arm and shoulder, cut off at the wrist. Third section is a continuation of the proper right arm and hand that holds a stethoscope. The three separate sections represent different components of the subject's bust.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Harrison, Tinsley R. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Occupation -- Education
    Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Arts and Humanities, 13th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    Located University of Alabama at Birmingham, University Hospital Complex, Harrison Tower, 1900 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture was commissioned in 1986 by Dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. James A. Pittman, Jr., and funded through donations from individuals who had worked with Dr. Harrison, a founder of the medical school. The artist was assisted by four student apprentices. IAS files contain related articles from Limelight, Sept. 1989, pg. 5-8; and Kaleidoscope (UAB student paper), Jan. 12, 1988, pg. 3.
    (Raised letters on brick wall in front of sculpture:) TINSLEY R. HARRISON M.D./1900-1978.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000027
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