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    		• Tilden, Douglas,
     
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    		• American Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Raymond Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Serra, Junipero
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    Padre Junipero Serra, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935, sculptor.
    American Bronze Company, founder.
    Raymond Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Padre Junipero Serra, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1906. Dedicated Nov. 17, 1907.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 6 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 9 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Tilden 1906 / American Brass Foundry, Chicago (Front of base:) PADRE/JVNIPERO/SERRA/FOVNDER/OF THE/CALIFORNIA/ MISSIONS/1713-1784 (On side of base:) MISSION/SAN/FRANCISCO/DE ASIS/MISSION/DOLORES/FOVNDED/OCT 9, 1776 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Portrait of Father Junipero Serra striding forward with a large cross held high in his proper left hand and his proper right hand raised in benediction. He is dressed in long robes which swirl around him as he walks. The sculpture rests on a tall, square base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Serra, Junipero -- Full length
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Emblem -- Cross
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
    Located Golden Gate Park, Academy of Sciences Drives & Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, California
    Remarks: 
    Junipero Serra was a Franciscan father who founded the California Missions. The sculpture was funded by James D. Phelan and cost $10,000. IAS files contain an excerpt from The Arts Commission of San Francisco's "San Francisco Civic Art Collection: A Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco," San Francisco, CA: Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 61; and a transcription of an article from The Call (Nov. 18, 1907).
    References: 
    Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CA2063, 1989.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1905; Feb. 1908.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Monumental News, Feb. 1908, pg. 115.
    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 CA000005
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