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    		• Bryant, Jack,
     
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    		• Bryant, Cyntha,
     
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    		• Bryant Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male & Child
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Save the Future, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bryant, Jack, 1929- , sculptor.
    Bryant, Cyntha, sculptor
    Bryant Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Save the Future, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick, cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 76 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 28 x 33 1/2 x 49 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    Jack Bryant Bryant's Art Foundry/Azle, TX 76020/"SAVE THE FUTURE" (Two plaques on base list the names of 70 donors) (On bronze plaque on base:) TO THOSE WHO DIED SO OTHERS MIGHT LIVE/SAVE THE FUTURE/THE YEAR 1993 MARKED THE CENTENNIAL OF FORT WORTH'S DEDICATED SALARIED FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE. TO COMMEMORATE THIS SIGNIFICANT MARK IN HISTORY, SCULPTORS JACK A. BRYANT AND CYNTHIA BRYANT, CREATED THIS IMAGE OF A FIREFIGHTER. THE TEAR SYMBOLIZES THE LOSS OF THOSE...WHO WERE UNABLE TO BE SAVED AND THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THE INFANT SIGNIFIES THE FUTURE, FOR WHICH FIREFIGHTERS DAILY MUSTER THEIR COURAGE, PRIDE AND SPIRIT IN THIS REMARKABLE PROFESSION signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Near life-size male figure of a firefighter. He is dressed in uniform and wears a helmet and oxygen tank on his back. In his arms he holds a blanket-wrapped infant. The bronze sculpture stands on a brick and mortar base with cement corners.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male & Child
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Forth Worth Fire Department Engine House #2 & Department Headquarters, Fort Worth, Texas
    Located Texas Street & Cherry Street, Fort Worth, Texas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed in honor of the 100th anniversary of professional firefighting in the city. The sculpture was funded by individuals who purchased miniature bronze replicas of the sculpture. The replicas were sold by The Friends of the Fort Worth Firefighters. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Fort Worth Star-Telegraph, Oct. 26, and Nov. 1, 1993.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Nov. 1, 1993, Sect. A, pg. 16.
    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 TX000993
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