"Sun Yat-Sen"
Project type: Art Works, Sculptures
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs
Completed: 1937
Artists: Beniamino Bufano
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Description
This 14-foot-tall stainless steel and granite sculpture of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the Chinese Republic, was sculpted by Beniamino Bufano and completed in 1937 with FAP funds. “Revered as the ‘Father of Modern China,’ Sun Yat-sen visited San Francisco in the early 1900s and often relaxed in St. Mary’s Square.” (Guide.)
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"Sun Yat-Sen"
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry Guide to the Art and Architecture of the New Deal, www.livingnewdeal.org, 2015.
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This was actually a privately commissioned piece by the merchants of Chinatown.
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