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The Wagon Master, (sculpture). Artist:  Shafer, Gus, 1907- , sculptor. Unknown (Carrara, Italy), founder. Title:  The Wagon Master, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 8, 1973. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Equestrian figure: bronze; Base: limestone. Dimensions:  Figure group: approx. 116 x 64 x 108 in.; Base: approx. 30 x 82 x 122 in. (1 3/4 tons). Description:  Male figure of a wagon train leader. He is dressed in western clothing, sitting on a horse with a gun placed across the saddle. This equestrian figure is mounted on a very large limestone rock. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Equestrian Occupation -- Transportation History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130 Intercontinental Hotel, 401 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Provenance:  Formerly located Fairmont Hotel, 401 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Remarks:  Gift of Catherine and Miller Nichols, their daughters, and the sculptor, Gus Shafer. A bronze plaque on a nearby boulder reads: GOD SLUMBERS IN THE ROCK/HE BREATHES IN THE PLANT/HE DREAMS IN THE ANIMAL/HE AWAKENS IN MAN./--AN INDIAN PROVERB. Another nearby plaque reads: THE WAGON MASTER/L. E. "GUS" SHAFER--SCULPTOR/PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE/OF KANSAS CITY/BY/MR. AND MRS. MILLER NICHOLS/AND/THEIR DAUGHTERS/KAY CALLISON/NANCY LOPEZ/ANN NICHOLS/LYNN NICHOLS/SEPTEMBER 8, 1973. At the base of the statue is a button-activated tape recording which tells the story of the Wagon Master and the Battle of Westport. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994. Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 74. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2004. Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2009. Illustration:  Image on file. Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO,"Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 74. 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 76000914   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76000914 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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