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Artist/Creator (1)	Bufano, Beniamino (1898-1970)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American (born in Italy)
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Dr. Sun Yat Sen
Variant Title/Caption	Sun Yat Sen
Date of Work	Modeled 1937. Installed 1938.
Inscription	[On plaque on base:] DR. SUN YAT SEN / 1866-1925 / FOUNDER OF THE KUO MIN TANG / CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY / FATHER OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC / and FIRST PRESIDENT / LOVER OF MANKIND, PROPONENT OF FRIENDSHIP and PEACE / AMONG THE NATIONS BASED ON EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND GOODWILL
Description of View	Overall view of sculpture from front.
Notes	This sculpture was created as part of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project. Located St. Mary's Square, Between California and Pine Streets, midway between Grant and Kearny Streets, San Francisco, CA. [See Smithsonian Institution Research Information System, entry for Dr. Sun Yat Sen, (sculpture) http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130C2I27516Q3.84032andmenu=searchandaspect=Keywordandnpp=50andipp=20andspp=20andprofile=ariallandri=andterm=andindex=.GWandx=0andy=0andaspect=Keywordandterm=bufanoandindex=.AWandterm=sunandindex=.TWandterm=andindex=.SWandterm=andindex=.FWandterm=andindex=.OWandterm=andindex=.NW
Technique/Process	sculpture, metalworking
Materials/Medium	Figure: stainless steel and rose granite. Base: rose granite with stainless steel plaque
Dimensions	Figure, Ht: ca. 12 ft. Base: ca. 7 ft. x 10 ft. 2 in. x 7 1/2 ft.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	San Francisco, California (United States)
Related Persons	Artist/Creator also appears as Benjamin Bufano and Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public sculpture Figures, male Portraits, male Leaders (people) Presidents
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	American Public Sculpture
Credit Line	Photographers: Rob Wilkinson and Colleen Chartier
Reference Number	ART on FILE PS-120(2)-2
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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