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    		• Newbold, Lewis Francis,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Minden
     
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    Monument to the Horse, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Newbold, Lewis Francis, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Monument to the Horse, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Draft Horse Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 8, 1944.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Monument: concrete and rocks; Base: rocks, concrete, and coral.
    Dimensions: 
    Monument: approx. H. 54 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 72 x 44 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on front of base:) (Profile of horse's head, facing right) (Horseshoe) (Profile of horse's head, facing left)/THIS MONUMENT/DEDICATED TO THE HORSE/AND HIS KIND, THAT LED THE/WAY FOR THE PIONEER AND MADE/POSSIBLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF/AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY/IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE./ERECTED IN 1944 BY/LEWIS FRANCIS NEWBOLD AND OTHERS. (On stone on left side of front of base, incised:) SHETLAND (On stone on left side of front of base, incised:) PERCHERON (On stone on right side of front of base, incised:) PALOMINO (On stone on side of base, incised:) H.& .M.A.OF A. signed
    Description: 
    A marker comprised of a large boulder set atop base. Monument is faced with stones from 40 states, as well as coral from the South Pacific. Plaque on base includes profiles of horse heads.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Animal -- Horse
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Minden
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Newbold, Duane, 5 miles north of Minden on Highway 10, Minden, Nebraska 68959
    Remarks: 
    The monument is dedicated to the horse and honors the role it played in helping to open the west and in the development of agriculture and industry. IAS files contain related 1944 articles from a Minden (Nebraska) newspaper.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    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.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS NE000173
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