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
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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.