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    		• Cravath, Ruth,
     
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    		• Blanchard, Norman,
     
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    		• Rosse, J. Martin,
     
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    		• Sheedy Drayage Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- King, Thomas Starr
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male & Child
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Ethnic -- African American
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Starr King Group, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cravath, Ruth, 1902-1986, sculptor.
    Blanchard, Norman, architect.
    Rosse, J. Martin, architect.
    Sheedy Drayage Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Starr King Group, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Thomas Starr King, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1954. 1956. Relocated 1978. Rededicated May 21, 1978.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: French limestone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 14 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Figure group featuring a full-length portrait of Thomas Starr King and two young children. King stands with his proper left leg bent high at the knee and his proper left foot resting on a step or block. A young black boy stands in front of King on his proper left side. The boy holds a dove in his hands. A young white girl stands in front of King on his proper right side. She is climbing on a step with her proper left foot and reaches up with her hand on King's raised knee. She wears a short-sleeved, short-skirted dress. The limestone sculpture stands on a square concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- King, Thomas Starr -- Full length
    Figure group -- Male & Child
    Animal -- Bird -- Dove
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Ethnic -- African American
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    On loan to First Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, California 94109
    Lent by San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, California
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Starr King Elementary School, Portrero Hill, San Francisco, California
    Remarks: 
    Thomas Starr King was a Unitarian preacher and was instrumental in keeping California in the Union during the Civil War. He is buried in the churchyard where the sculpture is located, which is recorded as a California Historical Landmark. The sculpture was commissioned in 1954 by the San Francisco Unified School District to be installed at the new Starr King Elementary School. In 1965, the sculpture was damaged by vandals and repaired on site by the artist. The sculpture was extensively damaged by vandals in 1970 and was removed to the artist's studio for repair. Because of the history of vandalism to the sculpture, the newly repaired sculpture was given on long-term loan to the First Unitarian Church, where it was installed in 1978 beside King's grave. Blanchard acted as architect for the school; Rosse, architect for First Unitarian Church, designed the base; and Sheedy Drayage served as contractor during the 1978 installation. IAS files contain copies of related articles from San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 19, 1976 and Dec. 2, 1986; and San Francisco Progress, May 19, 1978.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco 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 CA001732
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