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Klaver Manufacturing Company,
Figure group
History -- United States
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Farm
Occupation -- Religion
Occupation -- Labor
Occupation -- Transportation
Architecture -- Boat
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Dubuque
Sculpture
(Pioneers Sculpture), (sculpture).
Artist:
Klaver Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
(Pioneers Sculpture), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 6, 1976.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Platform: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 x 5 x 3 ft.; Platform: approx. Diam. 6 ft.
Inscription:
DEDICATED TO DR. LESLIE AND MARSE MEIS FITZGERALD MR. JAMES & MARY DEMPSEY O'BRIEN SEPT 6 1976.
Description:
A grouping of five pioneer-type figures surround each other in circular fashion. The figures include: a farmer with a plow; a workman with a pickaxe; a priest carrying a cross; a ship's captain-type figure with his proper left hand on a large boatwheel; and, a pioneer woman. All the figures wear hats. The sculpture is atop a circular platform.
Subject:
Figure group
History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
Occupation -- Farm
Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
Occupation -- Labor
Occupation -- Transportation
Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
Object -- Tool -- Plow
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Dubuque
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Dubuque, Parks & Recreation, 2200 Bunkerhill Road, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Located Cathedral Square, West 2nd & Bluff Street, Dubuque, Iowa
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
Dedicated to Dr. Leslie and Marse Meis Fitzgerald, and Mr. James and Mary Dempsey O'Brien. Nearby plaque reads: CATHEDRAL SQUARE GIVEN IN MEMORY OF DUBUQUE PIONEERS BY/KLAVER MANUFACTORING (sic) COMPANY/MARIANNE FRANCOWSKI/MATHIS-P FOUNDATION/MR & MRS WAYNE A NORYAN. SEPT. 6, 1976.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1996.
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 IA000187
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IA000187
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