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Carnes, Fred,
Brown, Lewis,
Figure male -- Full length
Architecture -- Vehicle
Animal -- Horse
Occupation -- Transportation
Object -- Weapon
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Lake Placid
Boulder
Sculpture
Stagecoach Rock, (sculpture).
Artist:
Carnes, Fred, carver.
Brown, Lewis, designer.
Title:
Stagecoach Rock, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1930.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Glacial stone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 77 x 67 x 59 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A boulder incised with a depiction of a team of horses pulling an English-style coach. The coachman wears a tall hat and holds a long whip in one hand and the horses' reins in the other. The boulder is set directly on the ground.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Carriage
Animal -- Horse
Occupation -- Transportation -- Chauffeur
Object -- Weapon -- Whip
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
New
York
--
Lake
Placid
Boulder
Sculpture
Owner:
Located
Route 73, north side of road,
Lake
Placid
,
New
York
Remarks:
The sculpture commemorates the early days of stage travel on the site. The boulder was dislodged from Pitchoff Mountain. IAS files contain an excerpt from Howard Kirschenbaum's "The Adirondack Guide, An Almanac of Essential Information and Assorted Trivia," Raquette
Lake
, NY: Sagamore Institute, pg. 122-123.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
New
York
survey, 1994.
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 NY001075
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NY001075
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