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The Greeting and the Gift, (sculpture). Artist:  Russin, Robert I., 1914- , sculptor. Title:  The Greeting and the Gift, (sculpture). Dates:  1976. Copyrighted 1976. Dedicated Jan. 30, 1977. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figures: bronze; Base: mortared sandstone. Dimensions:  2 figures. (First figure: approx. 14 x 9 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 9 x 16 x 12 ft.) (Second figure: approx 12.5 x 7 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 11 x 13 x 15 ft.) (5,500 lbs.). Inscription:  (First figure, front, below proper right foot:) RUSSIN (copyright symbol) 1976 (Second figure, inside hem of robe, proper left:) RUSSIN copyright symbol) 1976 signed Description:  Two standing bronze figures approximately 150 feet apart enacting an 1880s peaceful meeting between a mountaineer and an American Indian. First figure, the Mountain Man, stands with his rifle prominently displayed in a gesture of peace, the butt of the gun on the ground, the tip of its barrel held by the proper left hand; gun stands well away from the body. Figure wears hide shirt and leggings, fur hat, shell necklace, and a powder horn and satchel slung over the proper right shoulder. At his feet and to the proper right are gifts of several beaver skins stretched on round frames of aspen. Second figure, the Indian, proffers in both hands a ceremonial buffalo horn filled with Rocky Mountain "sweetwater." He wears a buffalo hide robe fastened around his neck, a loincloth, and bracelets, and wears his hair tied in two braids which fall behind the head. Subject:  History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Figure male -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress Object -- Weapon -- Gun Allegory -- Quality -- Harmony Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Museum, Barrett Building, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 Located Information Center, Junction of Interstates 25 and 80, Cheyenne, Wyoming Remarks:  Sculpture funded through a federal grant of 1976 Bicentennial funds. IAS files contain transcriptions from nearby associated plaques. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming survey, 1993. 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 WY000007   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WY000007 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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