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    		• Prazen, Gary,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Grundy
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Today's Miner, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Prazen, Gary, d. 2016, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Today's Miner, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Coal Miner, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982. Dedicated May 20, 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: polished Georgia black granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 1 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Upper plaque on front of base, raised:) DEDICATED TO/BUCHANAN COUNTY COAL MINERS/DEDICATED/MAY 20, 1989 (Middle plaque on front of base, flanked by Girl Scout symbols, incised:) A 1987/GIRL SCOUT/75TH ANNIVERSARY/COMMUNITY PROJECT (Lower plaque on front of base, incised:) SPONSORED BY/BUCHANAN COUNTY GIRL SCOUTS (Plaque on back of base, incised:) DEDICATED/MAY 20, 1989 unsigned
    Description: 
    Coal miner holds a mining pick in both hands. His proper right hand holds the handle directly below the pick's head and his proper left hand grasps the other end of the handle. He wears boots, his uniform, and a helmet with a lamp. He stands atop a base with several inscribed plaques, one of which has profile reliefs of four miners.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Object -- Tool -- Axe
    Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Grundy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Buchanan County, Main & Walnut Streets, Buchanan County Courthouse, Grundy, Virginia 24614
    Located Buchanan County Courthouse, Main & Walnut Streets, Southeast corner, Grundy, Virginia 24614
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Girl Scouts in honor of their 75th anniversary. They collected the money over 3 1/2 years through donations from local citizens and businesses, profits from cookie sales, can collecting, and a comedy skit production. Figure was displayed at a sculpture show in Ohio in 1988; later the sculptor brought it to Grundy. The figure was stored in the courthouse until the Girl Scouts finished raising the funds a year later.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia 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 VA000080
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