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Lucette Diana Kensack, (sculpture). Artist:  Schroeder, Doad, sculptor. Faber, Jerry, 1934-1994, sculptor. Title:  Lucette Diana Kensack, (sculpture). Dates:  1952. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: fiberglass and wood, painted; Base: concrete and brick. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 17 x 6 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 8 in x 14 ft. 10 in. x 10 ft. 6 in. Description:  Lucette Diana Kensack stands with her hands in front of her waist, wearing a blue bonnet, a short-sleeved red blouse with black trim, and a floor-length grey skirt with black stripes. To her proper right stands a much smaller figure of Paul Bunyan. Both figures rest on a rectangular base with a fence around the top. Subject:  Literature -- Character -- Lucette Diana Kensack Literature -- Character -- Paul Bunyan Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Hackensack Billboard Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chamber of Commerce, P. O. Box 373, Hackensack, Minnesota 56452 Located East shore of Birch lake, Hackensack, Minnesota Remarks:  Sign in front of base reads: Hackensack Minnesota/ HOME OF LUCETTE KENSACK/PAUL BUNYAN'S SWEETHEART/1952/ BIRTHPLACE OF/LITTLE PAUL JR./1992. In 1991 high winds blew the figure's head off and a new one was carved by Jerry Faber. The figure of Paul Bunyan was added in 1992. IAS files contain related excerpt from Moira Harris' "Monumental Minnesota," St. Paul: Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 64, with information on the figure's construction and history. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000344   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000344 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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