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Minnesota Liberty, (sculpture). Artist:  Dow, Steve, sculptor. Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Minnesota Liberty, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Statue of Liberty, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned April 1986. 1986. Dedicated July 27, 1986. Medium:  Sculpture: white pine; Base: wood and concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 17 ft.; Base: approx. H. 60 in. x W. 30 in. x Diam. 30 in.; Concrete slab: approx. W. 47 in. x D. 47 in. Inscription:  (Incised on base:) Minnesota Liberty-Opportunity to Fulfill Potential Description:  Full-length female figure in classical robes and a crown holds a torch aloft in her proper right hand. A tablet with the date May 11, 1858 is crooked in her proper left arm. Subject:  History -- United States -- Minnesota Figure female -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object -- Other -- Torch Object -- Written Matter -- Book Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Object Type:  Copy Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Minnesota State Fair, State Fair Grounds, Como Station, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Located Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Corner of Carnes & Underwood Streets, St. Paul, Minnesota Remarks:  Commissioned by Randolph Ltd. for the 1986 Minneapolis Aquatennial. The cost was $7,000, and funding was provided by Walser Automotive Corporation. The inscription was written by the winner of an "Opportunity in Minnesota" slogan contest. After the sculpture was featured in the Aquatennial parade, it was displayed in the Crystal Court of the IDA building in Minneapolis where the carving was completed. The statue was displayed for one day on the Mississippi Riverfront. From July 28 to Oct. 28, 1986 the statue was in storage. On Oct. 28, 1986, it was displayed in the State Capitol Rotunda to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the original Statue of Liberty. By January 1987, it was being stored at Walser Automotive in Edina, MN. It was donated to the State Fair that month. IAS files include correspondence between Walser Automotive and the Minnesota State Fair, and related articles from the Duluth News-Tribune and Herald and Northeaster (Minnesota) July 16, 1986. 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 MN000080   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000080 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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