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    		• Farkas, Janos,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Homage -- Caldwell, David
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Greensboro
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Student, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Farkas, Janos, 1920- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Student, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1976. Cast 1978. Dedicated 1979.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite (?).
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 72 x 35 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 34 x 78 x 48 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of sculpture, lower left:) J. Farkas 1978 (Plaque on base:) THE STUDENT/REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO ATTENDED THE DAVID CALDWELL/ACADEMY LOCATED ON THIS LAND DURING 1770 TO 1811. INSPIRED BY THIS/DILIGENT EDUCATOR, THEIR LEADERSHIP WAS INFLUENTIAL IN THE/DEVELOPMENT OF GREENSBORO, GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND BEYOND./SCULPTOR--JANOS FARKAS/COMMISSIONED BY GREENSBORO BEAUTIFUL, INC. DEDICATED 1979/BECAME A REALITY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF: (list of names follows) signed
    Description: 
    Young man dressed in Colonial Era clothing, standing atop a rough-hewn granite base. Figure wears long-sleeved blouse, knee-length trousers, and holds tricorn hat in proper left hand. Stance is with bare feet spread wide apart, the proper right leg set forward and bent, the foot resting on higher ground; proper left leg is straight, weight-bearing, and the foot rests on lower ground. Man turns towards proper right, gazes ahead, holds a book in his proper right hand and props book aganist the bent proper right leg.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education -- Student
    Homage -- Caldwell, David
    Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Greensboro
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Greensboro, Parks and Recreation, 201 South Greene Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
    Located Bicentennial Garden, Hobbs Road, Greensboro, North Carolina
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina 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 NC000006
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