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Checkmate, (sculpture). Artist:  Mignery, Herb, sculptor. Battle Mountain Bronze, founder. Title:  Checkmate, (sculpture). Dates:  Original: cast 1988. 1990. Dedicated Oct. 12, 1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze with patina; Base: polished granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 11 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 16 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. Inscription:  (Side of plinth:) Herb Mignery CA 1988 (Other side of plinth, preceding foundry mark:) BATTLE MTN (Metal plaque on front of base, raised:) "CHECKMATE"/Dedicated October 12, 1990/Avon/Avon Town Council (Column 1:) Allan Nottingham,/Mayor/Gloria McRory,/Mayor Pro-Tem (Column 2:) Mike Bennett/Jerry Davis/David Garton/Albert Reynolds, Sr./James Stovall (Below columns:) Artist Herb Mignery signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A cowboy riding a horse holds onto another horse. The cowboy wears denims, a hat, and boots. He holds the reins to his own horse in his proper left hand, while his proper right hand holds a rope tied around the second horse's snout. A bareback horse rears up on its hind legs. Subject:  Western Equestrian Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy Object -- Tool -- Rope Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Avon Sculpture Owner:  1st Bank of Avon, Avon Road & East Beaver Creek Boulevard, Avon, Colorado 81620 Remarks:  Second casting of this sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Art-Talk (Oct. 1993): pg. 25. 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 CO000284   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000284 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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