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    		• Siems, Alice Lettig,
     
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    		• American Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Melgaard, Andrew
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Norwegian
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Aberdeen
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Andrew Melgaard Statue, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Siems, Alice Lettig, b. 1897, sculptor.
    American Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Andrew Melgaard Statue, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 3, 1931.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 6 1/2 ft. x 26 in. x 26 in.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Alice Littig Siems, Sc. (Lower left of base:) DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY AMERICAN BRONZE CO., CHICAGO, ILL./ALICE LITTIG SIEMS, SCULPTRESS/1931 (On plaque on base, raised:) THIS STATUE ERECTED IN MEMORY/OF/ANDREW MELGAARD/PIONEER/WHO PRESENTED THIS PARK TO/THE CITY OF ABERDEEN signed
    Description: 
    Standing figure of Andrew Melgaard wearing a suitcoat, vest, pants and lace-up shoes. A handkerchief is tucked in his proper left pocket of the suitcoat and a watch fob hangs to the proper right side. He is holding a top coat and hat in his proper right arm. The statue is placed atop a boulder.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Melgaard, Andrew -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Norwegian
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Aberdeen
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Aberdeen, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, 123 South Lincoln Street, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
    Located Melgaard Park, Aberdeen, South Dakota
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the city of Aberdeen. Base was donated by John Kruger. The statue commemorates Andrew Melgaard (1842-1911), a Norwegian who settled in the Dakota Territory in 1880. In 1909, he donated 11 acres of land (including the land where the statue now stands) to the City to be preserved as a park. He also later donated the land which has become the site of Northern State College. IAS files contain related articles from Aberdeen Evening News, Aug. 4, 1931; and Aberdeen American News dated Aug. 21, 1983, pg. 20, and Dec. 6, 1981, pg. B8.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Aberdeen American News (Aberdeen, SD), Aug. 21, 1983, pg. 20.
    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 SD000047
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