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    		• Phelps, Rusty,
     
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    		• Sculpture Studio and Foundry,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• State of Being -- Emotion
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Range Riders, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Phelps, Rusty, 1936- , sculptor.
    Sculpture Studio and Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    The Range Riders, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated July 23, 1988.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 14 x 10 x 10 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. (3,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    Rusty Phelps/(copyright symbol) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Two cowboys mounted on horses, symbolizing the solid friendship of the old west and the comradery of the Range Riders. The two horses have their heads down and are walking up a rocky slope. The cowboys both wear brimmed hats and chaps. The cowboy on the proper right points to the right with his proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
    Equestrian
    State of Being -- Emotion -- Friendship
    Figure group -- Male
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    On loan to City of Colorado Springs, Parks and Recreation Department, 1401 Recreation Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80905
    Lent by Pikes Peak Range Riders, Colorado
    Located Southeast corner of Pikes Peak & Cascade Avenues, Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the Pikes Peak Range Riders for $165,000. The sculpture is on loan to the City of Colorado Springs through Dec. 16, 2007. IAS files contain related articles from Gazette Telegraph (Colorado Springs, CO) March 27, 1989, pg. D1; Aug. 12, 1988, pg. D1; and July 19, 1987, pg. B7. Inscription on nearby plaque reads: "Empty Saddles"/These range riders no longer on this earth do ride./They now follow new trails beyond the great divide./Where the water's sweeter and the grass grows higher./And the way is so easy that man or mountain never tire. (52 bronze plates for names of deceased riders.)
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gazette Telegraph (Colorado Springs, CO), July 19, 1987, pg. B7.
    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 CO000055
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