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    		• Lumpkin, Richard,
     
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    		• Livers Brass,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Prairie Village
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Prairie Boy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lumpkin, Richard, sculptor.
    Livers Brass, founder.
    Title: 
    Prairie Boy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1977. Dedicated April 15, 1978.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Statue: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Statue: approx. 48 x 19 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 27 x 72 x 52 in.
    Inscription: 
    Livers Brass (Calf area of boy's proper right pant leg:) 77 (copyright symbol) Richard Lumpkin signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Adolescent boy sitting on a rock with his arms resting on his knees. He wears boots, cuffed wide-leg pants with belt, and a long sleeved collarless shirt with three buttons at neck. He holds a floppy brimmed hat in his proper right hand. His proper right foot rests on a bronze block while his proper left foot rests on stone base. His hair is near shoulder length and parted in the middle.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress
    History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Prairie Village
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Prairie Village, Parks Department of Public Works, 3535 Somerset, Prairie Village, Kansas 66208
    Located Prairie Village City Hall, 77th & Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    The statue cost $6,000. The bronze was donated by the city in the spring of 1977 in honor of the nation's 200th birthday. The statue marks the route of the Santa Fe Trail where it passed through the Prairie Village area. According to the artist, the boy is watching the wagon trains move westward and wondering what would happen if he joined them. He is at a moment of decision in his life which is especially symbolic for the nearby high school students. He represents all the future decisions they will have to make. The sculpture is lit by two spotlights. Nearby plaque reads: THE PRAIRIE BOY/THIS STATUE MARKS THE ROUTE OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE PRAIRIE VILLAGE AREA IN 1856.
    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 KS000105
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