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    		• Dean, Robert L., Jr.,
     
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    		• Dwight Brown and Associates,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Abilene
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dwight D. Eisenhower, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Dean, Robert L., Jr., 1929- , sculptor.
    Dwight Brown and Associates, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Dwight D. Eisenhower, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Ike Statue, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 15, 1985.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Georgia granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 1/2 ft. (1,200 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    SIX EISENHOWER SONS/GREW TO MANHOOD GIVING/HONOR TO THEIR PARENTS/TO GOD AND TO THE/CARDINAL PRINCIPLES/OF OUR FREE SOCIETY/THEIR NAMES WERE/ARTHUR/EDGAR NEWTON/DWIGHT DAVID/ROY JACOB/EARL DEWEY/MILTON STOVER/KANSAS SOCIETY/DAUGHTERS OF THE/AMERICAN REVOLUTION (On front of base, incised letters:) (Seal of the President of the United States)/DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER/34TH PRESIDENT OF THE/UNITED STATES/JANUARY 20, 1953 - JANUARY (transcription illegible)
    Description: 
    A portrait of General Dwight D. Eisenhower dressed in full uniform, with a visored hat and a waist-length jacket with a banded bottom. He stands with both hands on his hips. The sculpture is placed on a five-sided pedestal, inscribed on each side with quotes and insignia from his career. The entire piece is set within a circular foundation with raised stars, encircled by a fence.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Abilene
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by National Archives and Records Administration, 7th & Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Buckeye Avenue & Campbell Street, Abilene, Kansas 67410
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was cast by the artist in Florence, Italy. The firm Dwight Brown and Associates (Topeka, Kansas) designed the base and the surrounding plaza. Plaque in front of sculpture reads: A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES/FROM/HARRY DARBY - U.S. SENATOR KANSAS/DEDICATED JUNE 15, 1985. IAS files contain brochure from the Eisenhower Museum and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library; and excerpt from the magazine Kansas! (1990).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Kansas! (1990).
    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 KS000517
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