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    		• Hancock, Walker,
     
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    		• Elliott, Tom,
     
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    		• Hoheb, Bruce,
     
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    		• di Biccari, Adio,
     
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    		• Griswold, Winters, Swain, & Mullin,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Stone Mountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Memorial Plaza: Valor, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hancock, Walker, 1901-1998, sculptor.
    Elliott, Tom, engineer.
    Hoheb, Bruce, sculptor.
    di Biccari, Adio, 1914-2008, fabricator
    Griswold, Winters, Swain, & Mullin, landscape architect.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Memorial Plaza: Valor, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Valor, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1977. Installed Nov. 23, 1977. Dedicated April 23, 1978.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 17 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 3 ft. x 10 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. x 12 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) MEN WHO SAW NIGHT/COMING DOWN ABOUT THEM/COULD SOMEHOW ACT AS IF/THEY STOOD AT THE EDGE/OF DAWN./A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER/SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH. unsigned
    Description: 
    Bronze full-length figure of a Confederate soldier. He wears trousers and is barefoot and bare chested. He holds his arms high above his head; in his proper right hand he holds the hilt of a broken sword. His gaze is directed up to the proper left. The sculpture stands on a pink granite base in a niche set into a granite and aggregate wall.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Stone Mountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Georgia, Stone Mountain Park Authority, P. O. Box 778, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30086
    Located Stone Mountain Park, Memorial Plaza, Stone Mountain, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is one of two installed at either end of the Confederate Memorial plaza. (For related record see GA000709). The plaza and sculptures were financed from bond issue funds. The inscription on the base was carved by di Biccari. IAS files contain transcriptions of related plaques found on the memorial plaza.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta 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 GA000708
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