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Prairie Bluff, (sculpture). Artist:  Hornecker, Mac, 1943-2011, sculptor. Inland Steel Company, fabricator. Title:  Prairie Bluff, (sculpture). Dates:  1979. Dedicated Sept. 23, 1979. Medium:  Steel, painted brown, concrete and stone. Dimensions:  Approx. 9 x 32 x 10 ft. Inscription:  (Signed with artist's monogram/79) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A long vertical I-beam placed on top of two parallel beams which angle down towards the center to the ground. Between the two ends on the ground is a group of rocks set in a concrete circle. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Allegory -- Place -- Plains Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Brookings Sculpture Owner:  South Dakota State University, South Dakota Art Museum, Medary Avenue at Harvey Dunn Street, P. O. Box 2250, Brookings, South Dakota 57007 Remarks:  IAS files contain transcriptions of the artist and founder monograms. Inscription on a nearby plaque reads: Mac Hornecker/"Prairie Bluff," 1979/Steel, Concrete, Rock/Commission, 2nd National Sculpture Competition. IAS files also contain a copy of the contract for the piece and copies of articles from the Huron Daily Plainsman (Huron, SD), Feb. 4, 1979; the South Dakota State University Collegian (Brookings, SD), Sept. 26, 1979, and the Brookings Daily Register (Brookings, SD), Sept. 20, 1979. The sculpture was the winner of the 8,500 dollar National Sculpture Competition II, juried by Richard Hunt and conducted by the South Dakota Memorial Art Center. The work was partially funded by the South Dakota Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota survey, 1993. Huron Daily Plainsman (Huron, SD), Feb. 4, 1979, pg. 16. South Dakota State University Collegian (Brookings, SD), Sept. 26, 1979. Brookings Daily Register (Brookings, SD), Sept. 20, 1979. 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 SD000017   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SD000017 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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