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    		• Gagnon, Charles Eugene,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Religion -- Saint
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Rochester
     
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    Saint Francis with the Birds, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gagnon, Charles Eugene, 1934-2012, sculptor.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Saint Francis with the Birds, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Saint Francis and the Birds, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1969. Copyrighted 1969.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Winona travertine.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. (6 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On front of sculpture, right side:) Charles Eugene Gagnon (copyright symbol) 1969 (On rear of sculpture:) Modern Art Foundry/New York/NY (On rock at figure's feet:) SAINT/FRANCIS/PRAY FOR US signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Seated figure of St. Francis as a young man wearing a clerical robe. He looks at a bird perched on his raised proper left arm. He offers the bird something held in his proper right hand. The figure sits with his knees apart and appears to be barefoot. Rocks and more birds are scattered on top of the base.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Saint -- St. Francis
    Animal -- Bird
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Rochester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Mayo Foundation, Facilities, 200 1st Street S.W., Rochester, Minnesota 55902
    Located St. Mary's Hospital, 1216 2nd Street S.W., Joseph and Alfred Court, Rochester, Minnesota 55902
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Bernard Van Der Steen of Beverly Hills, California while a patient at St. Mary's Hospital. IAS files contain a portion of a brochure from the Mayo Clinic.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    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 MN000547
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