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Upper Snake River Irrigation Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Collet, Raeo, sculptor. McChesney, M. Elaine Lingren, sculptor. Cold Spring Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  Upper Snake River Irrigation Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Aug. 17, 1956. Medium:  Sculpture: grey granite; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 11 ft. x 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. L. 15 ft. x W. 6 ft. (6 tons). Inscription:  (Lower right corner of side panels:) Elaine Lingren signed Description:  An exedra-type wall. Center stele includes text plaque; two flanking sides and back of center stele include etched paintings related to pioneer life and irrigation in the community. Panels include a man with a plow and a modern irrigator holding a shovel with both hands. Subject:  Occupation -- Farm Figure male -- Full length Animal -- Horse Object -- Tool -- Plow Object -- Tool -- Shovel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Idaho -- Idaho Falls Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Idaho Falls, Parks and Recreation, 520 Memorial Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 Located Corner of Memorial and Riverside Drives, Idaho Falls, Idaho Remarks:  Elaine Lingren created the two paintings on the side panels; Raeo Collet made the painting on the back side. The paintings were etched by the colorweld process into the grey granite at Cold Spring Granite Company in Minnesota. The sculpture was dedicated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Bonneyville, Bingham, Jefferson, Madison, and Fremont counties. IAS files contain transcription on plaques. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Idaho 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 ID000125   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture ID000125 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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