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    		• Mignery, Herb,
     
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    		• Loveland Sculpture Works,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Hastings
     
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    Prairie Odyssey, (sculpture).
     
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    Artist: 
    Mignery, Herb, sculptor.
    Loveland Sculpture Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Prairie Odyssey, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1991. Dedicated April 24, 1992.
    Medium: 
    Statue: cast bronze with patina; Base: Colorado red sandstone and brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Statue: approx. 14 x 2 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 51 x 119 x 119 in. (1,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On lower rear of statue:) Herb Mignery CA 1/3 1991 (On proper left side:) "PRAIRIE ODYSSEY"/BY/HERB MIGNERY CAA/THE SCULPTURE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE DUTTON-LAINSON COMPANY (On plaque on front of base:) DUTTON-LAINSON/PLAZA/DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF HASTINGS/BY/DUTTON-LAINSON COMPANY/ON THE 106TH YEAR/OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COMPANY/APRIL 24, 1992 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A male pioneer, dressed in a long, loose-fitting jacket, shirt, leather trousers, and wide-brimmed hat, stands with a whip folded over his proper left shoulder while grasping a rifle with his proper left hand. The statue is placed atop a stone and brick base which rests on a stepped area surrounded by a number of benches.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Allegory -- Place -- Plains
    Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object -- Weapon -- Whip
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Hastings
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Dutton-Lainson Company, Public Relations, 451 West 2nd, Dutton-Lainson Company Plaza, Hastings, Nebraska 68901
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned for the newly built plaza. Both were a gift of the Dutton-Lainson Company to the citizens of Hastings on the 106th year of the company's founding. IAS files contain a related brochure about the plaza and newsclipping from Hastings Tribune, vol. 87, no. 174 (April 24, 1992), pg. 1-2. The sculpture was cast in 30 pieces. Fifty small models were cast from the model and sold.
    Condition: 
    Surveyed 1995 January. Well maintained.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1995.
    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 NE000149
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