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Artist/Creator (1)	Arneson, Robert Carston, 1930-1992
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Portrait of George
Variant Title/Caption	Moscone Bust; Portrait of George Moscone ;George Moscone Memorial
Date of Work	1981
Inscription	[Written on column in random order:] GEORGE / HASTINGS LAW SCHOOL / STATE SENATE / MAYOR / TWINKIES / LIBERAL DEMOCRAT / TRUST ME ON THIS ONE! / BANG BANG BANG / HARVEY MILK TOO! / ARE WE HAVING FUN YET! [etc.] [Written at base of column, in cursive:] George Moscone
Description of View	Detail view of pedestal with inscriptions
Notes	Owned by the family of Foster Goldstrom, Oakland, CA. Sponsor/Developer: The San Francisco Arts Commission selected Robert Arneson to create a bust to honor the late San Francisco Mayor George Moscone. Project Description: This large-scale bust of Moscone rests on a pedestal covered with drawings which relate to Mayor Moscone's life and violent death. Because of controversy surrounding this public memorial, it was sold by the artist to a private collector. Project History: George Moscone was slain by Dan White, a former city supervisor. White's defense at his trial, which eventually won him a very light sentence, was that he had consumed huge quantities of junk food which caused his irrational behavior. The City of San Francisco commissioned Arneson to create a tribute to Moscone, which the artist completed in 1981. The sculpture was met with immediate controversy, and was eventually rejected by the San Francisco Arts Commission -- largely because of the inscriptions on the sculpture's base. Arneson used graffiti-like drawings and sayings which described the life and tragic death of Moscone. The base refers, for example, to the 'Twinkie' defense testimony. The Arts Commission tried to negotiate a compromise which would involve changing the base. Arneson rejected this compromise, arguing that the bust and pedestal were inseparable and that to change the 'offending' base would destroy the work. Arneson returned the $18,500 the Arts Commission had paid him, and the sculpture was temporarily placed in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art before being returned to the artist. The bust was eventually sold to Foster Goldstrom, in whose collection it remains today. Project Cost: $37,000.
Technique/Process	sculpture, ceramics
Materials/Medium	glazed ceramic
Dimensions	94 x 31 1/2 x 31 1/4 in.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Repository	Private collection
Subject	Sculpture, American Ceramics, American Sculpture, 20th Century Portraits, male Memorials Pedestals Politicians Mayors Murder victims
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	Contemporary Monuments and Memorials
Reference Number	Art on File MM-19(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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