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    		• Duhaime, Raymond,
     
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    		• Skoog, Bernard,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Grand Marais
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Pierre the Voyageur, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Duhaime, Raymond, 1909-1986, sculptor.
    Skoog, Bernard, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Pierre the Voyageur, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Summer 1973. Dedicated July 4, 1975.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cedar log, carved; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of paddle:) smokers/(two crossed paddles)/(...inscription illegible) unsigned
    Description: 
    Pierre the Voyager stands wearing a knit cap, a coat with a sash around the middle, boots, and a backpack on his back. He holds an oar in front of him with both hands. The paddle side of the oar rests on the ground near his proper right foot. The sculpture rests on a square base made of stone.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- French
    Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Grand Marais
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered Cook County Historical Society, 115 West Wisconsin Street, P. O. Box 35, Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604
    Located Wisconsin Avenue & Highway 61, Grand Marais, Minnesota
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Lake Superior Trading Post, Minnesota winter 1973-1974.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the Cook County Historical Society. During the winter of 1973-1974, the sculpture was installed at the Lake Superior Trading Post. The original paddle broke when the sculpture was erected at the Lake Superior Trading Post. Subsequently, the paddle was stolen and a new paddle was carved by William Holeman in November 1974. Bernard Skoog and helpers constructed the base for the sculpture. IAS files contain a related article from the Cook County News-Herald (Grand Marais, MN), July 10, 1975, describing the dedication; and an article from the Cook County Historical Society publication, Update 16 (Spring 1993) which notes that the paddle is often missing from the sculpture. In May 1974, the sculpture was given eleven coats of New Life Wood Sealer which gave the sculpture a golden color.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Cook County News-Herald (Grand Marais, MN), July 10, 1975.
    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 MN000339
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