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Boquist, Terry,
Gorden, Bill,
Portrait male -- Savage, Jackpine
Occupation -- Industry
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Littlefork
Sculpture
Jackpine Savage, (sculpture).
Artist:
Boquist, Terry, sculptor.
Gorden, Bill, sculptor.
Title:
Jackpine Savage, (sculpture).
Dates:
1979. Dedicated Nov. 1, 1980.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: pine; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 1 1/2 ft. x Diam. 3 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Chain saw carving of lumberjack Jackpine Savage. He is seen standing, his proper right hand holding an axe over his proper left shoulder. He is dressed as a lumberjack, with a hat, a shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and pants with rolled-up cuffs and suspenders. The sculpture is mounted on a circular base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Savage, Jackpine -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry -- Lumber
Object -- Tool -- Axe
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Littlefork
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Littlefork, Littlefork, Minnesota 56653
Coadministered by Lions Club, Littlefork, Minnesota 56653
Located Main Street & 4th Avenue, Littlefork, Minnesota
Provenance:
Purchased from Wood Butchery, Big Falls, Minnesota
Remarks:
The sculpture was purchased from Wood Butchery of Big Falls for $4,000. The Lions Club raised the money through citizen, business and civic organization donations, and fund-raising promotions. The sculpture is a tribute to the area lumberjacks. IAS files contain related article from the International Falls Daily Journal (Minnesota), July 12, 1995; and an excerpt from Moira Harris' "Monumental Minnesota," Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 79.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Harris, Moira F., "Monumental Minnesota," Pogo Press, 1992.
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 MN000388
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000388
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