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Presence of Three, (sculpture). Artist:  Stauffer, Richard, sculptor. Bayer Stone Company, fabricator. Title:  Presence of Three, (sculpture). Dates:  1984. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: limestone; Base: stone and concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 10 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 in. Inscription:  (On front, beveled surface of base, incised letters:) 1984 "THE PRESENCE OF THREE" Description:  An abstract sculpture with three interlocking stone slabs of varying sizes and shapes, fitted together perpendicularly, with various symbolic designs depicting influences on the West -- Native Americans, settlers, and missionaries. One slab has a cross cut out of it, a symbol for the missionaries; another slab has a crescent cut out of it, a symbol for the Native Americans; and the one slab has a relief of a wagon wheel, a symbol for the settlers. The narrow faces of the ends of the slabs are incised with crosses, fish, a chalice, Bibles, Puritan hats, a coffee pot on a campfire, a saw-axe-spade grouping, arrows, a rifle, and birds. The sculpture is mounted upon a flat, rectangular base. Subject:  Abstract History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Ethnic -- Indian Emblem -- Cross Occupation -- Religion -- Missionary Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Object -- Other -- Wheel Object -- Other -- Container Animal -- Fish Architecture -- Other -- Campsite Object -- Written Matter -- Bible Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object -- Other -- Cookware Object -- Tool -- Axe Object -- Tool -- Saw Object -- Tool -- Trowel Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow Object -- Weapon -- Gun Animal -- Bird Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- St. Mary's Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of St. Mary's, 130 West Bertrand, P. O. Box 146, St. Mary's, Kansas 66536 Located City Hall, 7th & Bertrand, St. Mary's, Kansas Remarks:  Eight other members of the Kansas Sculpture Society assisted with the sculpture. There is a plaque nearby the sculpture with names. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1996. 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 KS000439   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000439 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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