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    		• Felten, Pete,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Nun, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Felten, Pete, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Nun, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982. Dedicated Sept. 1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: limestone; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 8 ft. x Diam. 3 ft.; Base: approx. 3 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of figure:) Pete Felten (On plaque on base:) Sisters of St Agnes/1982 signed
    Description: 
    Standing figure of a nun dressed in a full-length habit. Rosary beads and a crucifix hang from her waist. She holds a dove in her hands behind her back.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Occupation -- Religion -- Nun
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Object -- Other -- Rosary
    Animal -- Bird -- Dove
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    St. Anthony Hospital, 24th & Canterbury, Hays, Kansas 67601
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain related article from the Ellis County Star (Kansas), Sept. 23, 1982. Statue was commissioned and placed by the St. Anthony Hospital Auxiliary to commemorate the long years of dedicated service of the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Agnes.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas 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 KS000068
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