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    		• Carlson, George,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Colorado Miner, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Carlson, George, 1940- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Colorado Miner, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Early Day Miner, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1979. Dedicated April 9, 1980.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze and stainless steel; Base: cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 16 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower proper left corner, below the seated figure:) George Carlson '79 signed
    Description: 
    Burnished bronze life-size figure of a miner. He is seated and holds a pick axe in his proper right hand. Rising behind him is a slightly curved bronze panel with stainless steel mountain peaks at top.
    Subject: 
    Figure -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City and County of Denver, Commission on Cultural Affairs, Ste. 1600, 1st Western Plaza, 303 W. Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80204
    Administered by City and County of Denver, Department of Parks & Recreation, 2300 15th Street, Suite 200, Denver, Colorado 80202
    Located Washington Park, Virginia & Downing Street, north of Smith Lake, Denver, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was funded through a bequest of Senator Samuel D. Nicholson, a previous Leadville miner and a Denver banker, who died in 1923. The sculpture cost $40,000 and the funds were not freed from the estate until the death of Nicholson's son in 1976.
    IAS files contain related articles from Rocky Mountain News, May 8, 1977, pg. 14; Aug. 18, 1977, pg. 23; and April 9, 1980, pg. 4. IAS files also contain article from Artists of the Rockies, vol. 7, no. 3 (Summer 1980), pg. 54-61.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
    City and County of Denver, 1987.
    City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 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 66240024
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