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    		• Fisher, Gladys Caldwell,
     
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    		• McManaman, Fred J.,
     
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    		• Darley, Early,
     
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    		• Martin, Charles,
     
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    		• Animal -- Sheep
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Rocky Mountain Sheep, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Fisher, Gladys Caldwell, 1907-1952, sculptor.
    McManaman, Fred J., assistant.
    Darley, Early, assistant.
    Martin, Charles, assistant.
    Title: 
    Rocky Mountain Sheep, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Two Rocky Mountain Sheep, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1936. Dedicated Nov. 1936. Rededicated Nov. 1959.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Indiana limestone; Base: Colorado Yule marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 60 x 60 x 88 in. (13 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (Bronze plaque on each sculpture:) GLADYS CALDWELL FISHER 1946 (Plaque on proper left base:) CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER/LANDMARK/LANDMARK PRESERVATION/COMMISSION/NO. 65 1974 unsigned
    Description: 
    Two rocky mountain sheep flank the west entrance of the post office building. Each sheep is seen reclining, with legs tucked underneath their belly. The outer front leg of each sheep is slightly raised.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Sheep
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia
    Administered by City and County of Denver, Landmark Preservation Committee, Denver, Colorado
    Located Federal Building & U.S. Post Office, 18th & Stout, Denver, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    The sculptures were commissioned under the New Deal, Treasury Relief Art Project (Works Progress Administration). The artist reportedly worked on the sculptures over a three year period. In 1959, the sculptures (and post office) were cleaned and sandblasted; and at the Nov. 1959 rededication, bronze identification plaques were added by the artist's husband and children. In 1974, the sculptures were declared a Historic Landmark by the Denver Preservation Commission.
    IAS files contain related newsclippings from Denver Post Oct. 23, 1936, pg. 7 and April 21, 1952, pg. 20; and from the Rocky Mountain News Nov. 22, 1959, pg. 34 and May 10, 1965, pg. 64.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
    United States General Services Administration, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Denver Post, Oct. 23, 1936, pg. 7.
    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 66400023
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