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    		• Biaghini, Vico,
     
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    		• Crone, George E.,
     
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    		• George E. Crone Monuments,
     
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    		• Religion -- Saint
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    St. Francis of Assisi, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Biaghini, Vico, sculptor.
    Crone, George E., designer.
    George E. Crone Monuments, design firm.
    Title: 
    St. Francis of Assisi, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Saint Francis of Assisi, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned June 17, 1980. Dedicated Oct. 1981.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: museum grade Blanco Carrara marble; Base: white Italian marble veneer, silicon caulking.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Carved into marble, front of base:) THE BLESSING OF/ST. FRANCIS/MAY THE LORD BLESS THEE/AND KEEP THEE/MAY HE SHOW HIS FACE TO THEE/AND HAVE MERCY ON THEE/MAY HE TURN HIS COUNTENANCE/TO THEE AND GIVE THEE PEACE./MAY THE LORD BLESS THEE unsigned
    Description: 
    A sculpture of St. Francis with proper left hand raised in blessing. A bird is perched on his proper right shoulder, another sits in his upturned proper right hand, and a third is at his feet on his proper left side. St. Francis wears a long monk's robe with cowled neck, a rope belt, sandals, and skull cap. The surface of the sculpture is unpolished while the surface of the base is polished. The sculpture and base are surrounded by plantings and a low brick wall.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Saint -- St. Francis
    Animal -- Bird
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    St. Francis Hospital, Executive Offices, 5959 Park Avenue, Front lawn, Memphis, Tennessee 38119
    Remarks: 
    Cost fourteen thousand four hundred and four dollars. Small bronze plaque on ground in front of sculpture reads: Donated by/St. Francis Auxiliary/October, 1981. For related articles see also: Mid South Business Journal (Memphis, TN), Oct. 19, 1981; and Mid South Business Journal (Memphis, TN), Nov. 9, 1981.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    Germantown News (Germantown, TN), Oct. 29, 1981.
    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 TN000104
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