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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Watson, Teena Stern,     Haugen, Don,     Portrait male -- Woodruff, George Waldo     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Monetary     Occupation -- Other     Dress -- Accessory     Dress -- Accessory     Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Rabun Gap     Sculpture

George Waldo Woodruff, (sculpture). Artist:  Watson, Teena Stern, sculptor. Haugen, Don, sculptor Title:  George Waldo Woodruff, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Approx. 50 x 30 x 35 in. Inscription:  HAUGEN/AND TEENA *M signed Description:  George Waldo Woodruff is seated on the left end of a wooden garden bench. He is dressed in a business suit and tie, and wears a brimmed dress hat. His proper left hand rests on his lap and his proper right arm rests on the arm of the bench as he holds a cane with his hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Woodruff, George Waldo -- Full length Occupation -- Education Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Rabun Gap Sculpture Owner:  Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, Highway 441 North, Rabun Gap, Georgia 30568 Remarks:  The sculpture was created by the artists at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School with students as their audience. George Woodruff, a major donor to the school, was a member of the school's Board of Trustees for 33 years and its chairman from 1940 to 1970. A bronze plaque affixed to granite marker next to sculpture reads: GEORGE WALDO WOODRUFF/1895-1987/A MAN OF QUIET STRENGTH, UNSHAKEABLE FAITH,/UNSWERVING LOYALTY, AND STEADY GENEROSITY, HE LIVED/A LIFE NOTABLE FOR THE CONSISTENCY OF ITS GOODNESS, DEDICATION, AND INTEGRITY./"GIVING TO OTHERS IS MY GREATEST PLEASURE." IAS files contain two press releases from Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, one dated Sept. 23, 1992 announcing the dedication ceremony. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994. 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 GA000592   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000592 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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