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Stauffer, Richard,
Bayer Stone Company,
Abstract
History -- United States
Ethnic -- Indian
Emblem -- Cross
Occupation -- Religion
Occupation -- Other
Object -- Other
Object -- Other
Animal -- Fish
Architecture -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Other
Object -- Tool
Object -- Tool
Object -- Tool
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- St. Mary's
Sculpture
Presence of Three, (sculpture).
Artist:
Stauffer, Richard, sculptor.
Bayer
Stone
Company
,
fabricator
.
Title:
Presence of Three, (sculpture).
Dates:
1984.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Base:
stone
and concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 x 10 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 in.
Inscription:
(On front, beveled surface of base, incised letters:) 1984 "THE PRESENCE OF THREE"
Description:
An abstract sculpture with three interlocking
stone
slabs of varying sizes and shapes, fitted together perpendicularly, with various symbolic designs depicting influences on the West -- Native Americans, settlers, and missionaries. One slab has a cross cut out of it, a symbol for the missionaries; another slab has a crescent cut out of it, a symbol for the Native Americans; and the one slab has a relief of a wagon wheel, a symbol for the settlers. The narrow faces of the ends of the slabs are incised with crosses, fish, a chalice, Bibles, Puritan hats, a coffee pot on a campfire, a saw-axe-spade grouping, arrows, a rifle, and birds. The sculpture is mounted upon a flat, rectangular base.
Subject:
Abstract
History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
Ethnic -- Indian
Emblem -- Cross
Occupation -- Religion -- Missionary
Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
Object -- Other -- Wheel
Object -- Other -- Container
Animal -- Fish
Architecture -- Other -- Campsite
Object -- Written Matter -- Bible
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Other -- Cookware
Object -- Tool -- Axe
Object -- Tool -- Saw
Object -- Tool -- Trowel
Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Animal -- Bird
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- St. Mary's
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of St. Mary's, 130 West Bertrand, P. O. Box 146, St. Mary's, Kansas 66536
Located City Hall, 7th & Bertrand, St. Mary's, Kansas
Remarks:
Eight other members of the Kansas Sculpture Society assisted with the sculpture. There is a plaque nearby the sculpture with names.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1996.
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 KS000439
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