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    		• I-fan, Chen,
     
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    		• Unknown (Taiwan),
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Chinese
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Sun Yat-sen
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dr. Sun Yat-sen, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    I-fan, Chen, sculptor.
    Unknown (Taiwan), founder.
    Title: 
    Dr. Sun Yat-sen, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Doctor Sun Yat-sen, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 9, 1976.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete with marble veneer.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft 2 in. x 26 in. x 26 in.; Base: approx. 39 x 30 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front, gilded:) DR. SUN YAT-SEN/1866-1925 (On back, artist's signature in Chinese characters) (Inscribed on proper right of base:) Record of the Bronze Statue of/Dr. Sun Yat-sen/Honolulu of the United States and Kaohsiung of the/Republic of China (ROC) established sister-city relations in 1962./Construction of the Hsing Chung Hui Memorial Hall of Kuomintang's/Honolulu Main Branch was completed on the 80th anniversary of/the Hsing Chung Hui (Society for Regenerating China). Wang Yu-yan/former mayor of Kaohsiung City, Sun Tu-chih, former director of kuo-/min tang's Kaohsiung City Branch proposed to donate a bronze/statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, to be put in front of the Hsiung Chung/Hui Memorial Hall in July, 1976. The statue was erected at the present/site in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founding father of the ROC,who/during his many overseas trips, made a great contribution to the establishment of Kuomintang for national revolution and to the pro-/motion of Sino-American cultural interflow. The statue was repaired/in November, 1984 for people to pay respects to Dr. Sun Yat-sen./Hsu Shui-ten, mayor of Kaohsiung City R.O.C./Chen Tien-mao, speaker of Kaohsiung City Council R.O.C./Wu Wan-lan, director of Kuomintang's Kaohsiung City Branch R.O.C./November 12, 1984 (Chinese text on remaining three sides of base) signed
    Description: 
    Full-length standing figure of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, with both arms extended from the elbows holding an open book at mid-chest level. He is wearing a long gown and a long-sleeved hip-length jacket with Chinese frog closures. He is also wearing pants that extend approximately 3 inches below the gown and thick-soled laced shoes.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Chinese
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Chinese Dress
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Portrait male -- Sun Yat-sen
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City and County of Honolulu, Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts, 530 South King Street, Room 404, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
    Located River Street Mall, In front of Kuo Min Tang Society Building, Corner of North Beretonia Street and River Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture commemorates Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Born in China in 1866, Sun Yat-sen came to Hawaii at the age of twelve and attended the private schools of Iolani and Oahu College (now Punahou School). After his return to China, he visited several times to enlist both ideological and financial support for his revolutionary beliefs. His nationalist party, called the Koumintang Party, succeeded in winning independence from the Ching Dynasty in 1911. The Constitution of the Republic of China is based upon his principals, hence he is revered as the National Father of China.
    IAS files contain transcriptions of conversations with his granddaughter Lily Sun Wong (June 2, 1993); and newsclippings from the Honolulu Advertiser (March 6, 1984, Section C, pg. 1-2) and Honolulu Star Bulletin (Oct. 23, 1974). IAS files also contain copy of dedication ceremony pamphlet (Oct. 9, 1976) and correspondence related to the acceptance of the statue dated March 25th, 1975; May 7th, 1975; and May 30th, 1975. The statue cost approximately $70,000 and was a gift from Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China. The marble base, damaged over the years, has been redone.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii 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 HI000002
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