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    		• Bassett, George,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Danish
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Albert Lea
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Danish Immigrant, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bassett, George, 1929- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Danish Immigrant, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed July 1981.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone and concrete; Basin: concrete and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 36 in. x 38 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on front of base, raised letters:) DENMARK OUR HERITAGE/AMERICA OUR HOME/DANISH IMMIGRANT STATUE AND FOUNTAIN, SCULPTURED/BY GEORGE H. BASSET, PRESENTED JULY 25, 1981, TO/CITY OF ALBERT LEA BY DANISH BROTHERHOOD/LODGE #75 IN APPRECIATION OF OUR DANISH HERITAGE/AND STURDY PIONEERS. ACCEPTED BY MAYOR O. H. HAGEN. unsigned
    Description: 
    A fountain with a sculpture of a young Danish immigrant standing with a jacket draped over his bent proper right forearm and his proper left foot extended slightly forward. He wears a cap, a long-sleeved, collarless shirt, open at the neck, suspenders and high-top shoes. The sculpture is mounted on a tapered, rectangular base and set in an octagonal basin. The sculpture is lit at night.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Immigration
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Danish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Albert Lea
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Albert Lea, Park and Recreation Department, 221 East Clark Street, Albert Lea, Minnesota 55007
    Located Lincoln Park, At Bridge Avenue, Ruble Avenue & Albert Lea Street, Albert Lea, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    A plaque on a wall behind the fountain reads: THE DANISH IMMIGRANT STATUE WAS ERECTED JULY 1981 WITH THE HELP OF MANY/WHO DONATED TIME AND MONEY. NUMEROUS FAMILIES CONTRIBUTED IN MEMORY OF/LOVED ONES WHO CAME TO AMERICA DURING EARLY YEARS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE/CONTRIBUTIONS BY LISTING NAMES BELOW. MANGE TAK/DE KOM FRA DANMARK/(list of names follows). IAS files contain a partial transcription of the names on the plaque. The sculpture was presented by the Danish Brotherhood, Lodge No. Seventy-Five in appreciation of its Danish heritage.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    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 MN000373
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