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Sculptor:
Geiger, Pershing  Search this
Medium:
Figure: bronze with grayish brown patina; Base: mortared brick
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Wyoming Community Development Authority 11 South Durbin Casper Wyoming 82601
Located Homesteader Plaza 111 South Durbin Street Casper Wyoming
Date:
1978. Copyrighted 1978. Cast 1979
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Proper right foot of figure:) The Homesteader/Pershing Geiger 1/1 (copyright symbol) 1978 (Plaque on base:) THE HOMESTEADER signed
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.
Summary:
Figure of a man wearing jeans, work shirt with rolled-up sleeves, boots and a hat, and carrying an axe in his proper right hand. He stands on an octagonal pedestal of brown brick, the lower portion of which is surrounded by a planter made of the same brick.
Topic:
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Object--Tool--Axe  Search this
History--United States--Westward Expansion  Search this
Occupation--Other--Pioneer  Search this
Control number:
IAS WY000049
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_319925