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Starritt, Ralph Fulton,
Starritt Studios,
Occupation -- Industry
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Yreka
Sculpture
(Gold Miner Working Sluice Box), (sculpture).
Artist:
Starritt, Ralph Fulton, sculptor.
Starritt Studios, fabricator.
Title:
(Gold Miner Working Sluice Box), (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Metal, wood and stone.
Dimensions:
Miner: approx. 9 ft. x 24 in. x 18 in.; Sluice Box: H. 3 1/2 ft. x W. 16 in. x L. 12 ft.; Ore cart: approx. 26 x 36 x 40 in.
Inscription:
(On metal plate:) Starritt Studios, Yreka, CA signed
Description:
A figure of an 1850s gold miner working a sluice box. The miner, fabricated of welded metal, is standing beside the wooden sluice box, with his hands holding the sluice gate handle. The miner is bearded and wears a hat. Behind and to the proper right of the miner is a metal, four-wheeled ore car on a section of track. A lantern hangs from the side of the car.
Subject:
Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Other -- Lantern
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Yreka
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Siskiyou Development, 79 South Weed Boulevard, Weed, California 96094
Located West Center & Miner Streets, (Center Interstate 5 exit), Yreka, California
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA000500
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000500
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