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    		• Hepworth, Barbara,
     
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    		• Morris Singer Foundry,
     
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    		• Walters, Kimura & Associates,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Family of Man: Parent I, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hepworth, Barbara, 1903-1975, sculptor.
    Morris Singer Foundry, founder.
    Walters, Kimura & Associates, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Family of Man: Parent I, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Parent I, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1970. Dedicated Dec. 7, 1972. Relocated May 31, 1992.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with gold leaf; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 20 ft. x 25 in.; Plinth: approx. 2 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 79 in. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On back, right side bottom:) Barbara Hepworth 1/4 MORRIS SINGER FOUNDER LONDON signed Founder's mark appears.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Allegory -- Life -- Family
    Allegory -- Life -- Humanity
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
    Located Hawaii State Library, 478 South King Street, Mauka Sculpture Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Remarks: 
    One of two forms standing approximately 15 feet apart (see also IAS 87600017), that are from the artist's nine part "Family of Man" series. Parent I was purchased in 1973 and is no. 4 in the Family of Man series. The two sculptures were purchased in 1972 for $64,000 by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, as part of the One Percent for Art program in new state buildings. Pending completion of landscaping, the sculpture was originally placed in the courtyard of the Library and in Feb. 1990 was placed in storage because of renovation; reinstalled at present site May 31, 1992.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.
    Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978, pp. 29-30.
    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 87600016
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