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Kopriva, Michael,
Hermer, Lloyd,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Labor
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Powell
Sculpture
Desert Redeemer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kopriva, Michael, sculptor.
Hermer, Lloyd, contractor.
Title:
Desert Redeemer, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: welded sheet metal, painted; Base: mortared sandstone and concrete.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 80 x 39 x 39 in.; Base: approx. 18 in. x 8 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(Back of sculpture above proper left rear pocket, raised) Kopriva (Rear rim of top of hat:) Irrigator Eddie/Ed Thormahlen (Metal plaque on base, raised:) "DESERT REDEEMER"/Sculptor Mike Kopriva/Stone Mason Lloyd Hermer/Titled by Louise Snedden signed
Description:
A man is standing wearing a cowboy hat, irrigator boots, overalls, and a tee shirt. He holds a shovel with his proper left hand over his proper left shoulder. His gloved proper right hand holds a branding iron with a "1st" logo set in a diamond. He stands atop a base with an irrigation ditch running through it; the middle of the ditch has a wooden dam board in place. Sculpture is colored dark brown with gold highlights.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Labor
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Tool -- Shovel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Powell
Sculpture
Owner:
1st National Bank of Powell, 245 East First Street, Powell, Wyoming 82435
Remarks:
Lloyd Hermer was the stone mason.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming 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 WY000107
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Inventory of American Sculpture
WY000107
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