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    		• Thompson, William Joseph,
     
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    		• Setter, Henry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Woodruff, Robert W.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Monetary
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Robert W. Woodruff, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Thompson, William Joseph, 1926- , sculptor.
    Setter, Henry, 1929- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Robert W. Woodruff, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1983. Relocated 1995. Relocated 2000.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: stone and brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 102 in.; Stone base: approx. H. 14 in. x Diam. 45 in.; Brick base: approx. Diam. 86 in.
    Inscription: 
    WM THOMPSON 83 signed
    Description: 
    Standing portrait of Robert W. Woodruff dressed in a long overcoat holding his hat in front of him with his proper left hand. He holds a cigar in his raised proper right hand. The figure rests on a square bronze base on top of a circular stone base surrounded by a circular brick base. The sculpture is installed in a wooded area.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Woodruff, Robert W. -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Smoking
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    On loan to Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
    Lent by Woodruff Art Center, Atlanta Georgia
    Located Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Between High Museum of Art and Woodruff Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 1983-1995.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture, unveiled in 1983 on the lawn between the High Museum of Art and the Woodruff Art Center, was removed for conservation in 1995. In 2000, the sculpture was placed on loan to Emory University by the Woodruff Art Center.
    Plaque formerly installed near High Museum and Woodruff Art Center read: Robert W. Woodruff/Internationally renowned industrialist,/Civic leader, and philanthropist,/who recognized the arts as essential to/community life and made possible/development of the Atlanta Arts Alliance/In recognition of his leadership and support, this Arts/Center was named for him on his 93rd birthday,/December 6, 1982/Statue in bronze by William J. Thompson.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994.
    Emory University, 2015.
    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 GA000329
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