Bronze with deep brown patina with some traces of verdigris
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Fairfield University Physical Plant Maintenance Route 135 Fairfield Connecticut 06430
Located Fairfield University Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola Fairfield Connecticut
Date:
Copyrighted 1983
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On proper left front edge of self-base:) F. Shrady/(copyright symbol)/1983 signed
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Summary:
A stylized figure of St. Francis, dressed in a cinched and hooded Franciscan habit, stands upon a self-base holding a bird in his extended proper right hand. In front of him are four birds which sit on the self-base.