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The Closing Era, (sculpture). Artist:  Powers, Preston, 1843-1931, sculptor. Thompson, James, sculptor. Fonderia Galli, founder. Title:  The Closing Era, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1891. Copyrighted 1899. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 24 1/2 in. x 11 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  Preston Powers sculp 1899 (On back of sculpture, near bottom:) Fili Galli Fusero Firenze copyright (On base:) The mountain eagle from his lofty peak/ For the wild hunter and the bison seeks/ Through the changed world, but finds alone/ Their graven semblance in the eternal stone/ 1892, John Greenleaf (Whittier) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  An Indian warrior stands over a dying buffalo. The Indian originally held an arrow in his proper left hand; a bow in his upraised proper right hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Ouray, Chief -- Head Figure male -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Ute Ethnic -- Indian -- Plains Indians Animal -- Buffalo Literature -- Whittier Western Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by State of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Coadministered by City & County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 303 West Colfax, Suite 615, Denver, Colorado 80204 Located Colorado State Capitol Complex, 201 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80203 Exhibitions:  World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Remarks:  The sculpture symbolizes the plight of the Indian and bison with the coming of the railroad and the White Man. The Indian is a composite of Plains tribes, but the face is said to be that of Ute Chief Ouray in his youth. The sculpture's name was suggested by poet John Greenleaf Whittier, a friend of Powers. The sculpture was originally designed for a group of real estate developers and was to have been carved in red sandstone for Perry Park, four miles of Larkspur. After the deal fell through, the Women of the Fortnightly Club of Denver tried to raise the needed $10,000, and exhibited the work at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. After the Exposition, when their fund raising efforts fell short, the work was donated by the artist to the State. IAS files contain clippings from Rocky Mountain News dated March 6, 1892, May 14, 1893, and April 10, 1988; and from Denver Post, Jan. 21, 1932, and Nov. 2, 1943. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993. Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. 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 CO000003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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