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Ehmke Centennial Sculpture, (sculpture). Artist:  Felten, Pete, sculptor. Kassleman, Jack, sculptor. Title:  Ehmke Centennial Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Installed June 1, 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Kansas limestone; Base: limestone, concrete and cinder blocks. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 22 in. x 6 ft. 11 in. x 4 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 8 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  (On the back of the sculpture, incised letters:) EHMKE/since 1886 unsigned Description:  A two-sided carved relief plaque. On the front are thunderhead clouds (indicating the importance of weather in west Kansas farming), three adult buffalo, and a calf. The back side of the relief features a covered wagon pulled by horses. The sculpture is placed atop a base of stone set in concrete and filled with cinder blocks. Subject:  History -- United States -- Immigration History -- United States -- Westward Expansion History -- United States -- Kansas Homage -- Ehmke, August Homage -- Ehmke, Elizabeth Ethnic -- German Landscape -- Weather -- Cloud Figure group Architecture -- Vehicle -- Carriage Animal -- Buffalo Animal -- Horse Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Healy Sculpture Owner:  Ehmke, Vance & Louise, Rural Route, 7 miles west and 2 miles south of Dighton, Healy, Kansas 67850 Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates the 100th anniversary of August and Elizabeth Ehmke's Lane County, Kansas, homestead claim. The Ehmkes arrived in the United States from Germany in 1884 and in Lane County in 1886. Their great-grandson Vance and his wife Louise commissioned the sculpture and placed it on their farm, land once owned by August Ehmke. Jack Kassleman constructed the base for the sculpture. IAS files contain a related article from Hays State University's Alumni News, Spring 1979. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994. 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 KS000530   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000530 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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