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    		• Bridges, Georges,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Morgan, James W.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Jimmy Morgan, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bridges, Georges, 1899-1976, sculptor.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Jimmy Morgan, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1960. Dedicated June 25, 1961.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 25 x 18 x 10 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 52 1/2 x 24 x 15 in.
    Inscription: 
    (In script, under proper left shoulder:) Georges Bridges/1960 (Lower left corner: MODERN ART/(illegible...DOY).NY. (On self-base in raised letters:) JIMMY/MORGAN signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bust of Mayor Jimmy Morgan on a pedestal wearing a suit and tie.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Morgan, James W. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political -- Mayor
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Birmingham Zoo, Office of the Director, 2630 Cahaba Road, Birmingham, Alabama 35223
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by friends of Jimmy Morgan and donated to the zoo. James W. (Jimmy) Morgan was mayor of Birmingham at the time of the commission. IAS files contain a related article from the Birmingham News, March 26, 1961.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000223
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