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Bickler, Wendelin,
Buechler, Joseph,
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Architecture -- Religious
Allegory -- Place
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- New Testament
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Orrin
Sculpture
Mary the Center of America, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bickler, Wendelin, sculptor.
Buechler, Joseph, sculptor.
Title:
Mary the Center of America, (sculpture).
Dates:
1935-1952.; Dedicated 1952.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Ceramic, concrete, glass, metal, plastic, stone, water, wood, paint, found objects and other undetermined media, with a cast metal plaque.
Dimensions:
Cairn: approx. H. 18 ft. Shrine site: approx. 3 to 5 acres.
Inscription:
(Plaque on cairn:) Geographical Center of North America (Base of cairn below "Mary" alcove:) Mary the Center of America unsigned
Description:
The shrine consists of many devotional constructions spread amongst a symmetrically landscaped grove of trees. The main construction and focal point of the site is an 18 ft. high cairn with alcoves containing, on the south side, a statue of the Virgin Mary, and on the north side, Christ. Near the top of the cairn there is a cast metal plaque of a map of the western hemisphere, noting this site as the geographical center of North America.
Subject:
Allegory
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Arts
&
Sciences
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Geography
Architecture
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Religious
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Shrine
Allegory
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Place
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North America
Religion
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New Testament
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Mary
Religion
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New Testament
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Christ
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
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North Dakota
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Orrin
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Weigel, Emil & Rose, Orrin, North Dakota 58359
Located One to two miles north of Orrin, Orrin, North Dakota
Remarks:
IAS files contain a photocopy of postcard (made by Bickler) with details on geographic center as determined in 1928 by the U. S. Geodetic Survey Office, Washington, D. C. Per SOS surveyor, the Bicklers obtained broken, discarded statuary from churches, and rock from tombstone cutters to include in the shrine. It took Wendelin Bicker over fifteen years to complete this shrine which is now, after his death, maintained by his neighbors, Emil and Rose Weigel.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.
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 ND000067
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
ND000067
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