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    		• Mosman, Warren T.,
     
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    		• McEnary & Krafft,
     
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    		• Architecture -- Commercial
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Farmer Relief, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mosman, Warren T., 1908-1968, sculptor.
    McEnary & Krafft, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Farmer Relief, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Mechanic Relief, (sculpture).
    Fides Relief, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1941. Dedicated March 2, 1942.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Casota stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Farmer and Mechanic reliefs: approx. 11 ft. x 11 ft. 7 in. x 5 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Next to Farmer, in raise letters:) FOUNDED IN THE/YEAR 1874 (Next to the Mechanic, in raised letters:) ERECTED IN THE/YEAR 1941 (Below Fides, in raised letters:) THE FARMERS/AND MECHANICS/SAVINGS BANK/OF MINNEAPOLIS/FOUNDED 1874 unsigned
    Description: 
    Three relief sculptures on the facade of a building. The Farmer and Mechanic each depict standing, shirtless men surrounded by the tools of their trade and fruits of their labor. The farmer stands among bales of wheat, fruit and vegetables and holds a sickle. The mechanic wears a hat and holds pliers and a hammer. He is surrounded by machinery. The Fides relief is a Great Dane in profile who lies on a chest. The corporate seal is incorporated into the relief which is framed by leafy, organic matter. "Fides" is Latin for "fidelity."
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Commercial -- Bank
    Figure group -- Male
    Animal -- Dog -- Great Dane
    Occupation -- Farm -- Harvesting
    Occupation -- Service -- Repairman
    Allegory -- Quality -- Faith
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by First Bank System, Office of Properties Management, 601 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
    Located Marquette Bank, 88 South 6th Street, Minneapolis Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    The Marquette Bank was formerly known as The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis. For related articles see the Minneapolis Tribune, Dec. 4, 1941 and March 16, 1944. The Minneapolis Public Library, Special Collections Department contains a file on the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul 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 MN000073
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