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Oswald, Dave,
Sculpture Mfg. Company,
Animal -- Cattle
Occupation -- Farm
Billboard
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- New Salem
Sculpture
Salem Sue, (sculpture).
Artist:
Oswald, Dave, sculptor.
Sculpture Mfg. Company, fabricator.
Title:
Salem Sue, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1974.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Painted fiberglass sculpture on concrete footings.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 38 ft. x W. 21 ft. x L. 50 ft. (12,000 lbs.).
Inscription:
Sculpture Mfg. Co. (On cement beneath right front leg:) Dave Oswald 1974 (Underside on metal tag:) Sculptured Advertising/La Cross W. 5460/Serial No. 579 unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing on four legs, this holstein dairy cow is painted with typical black and white markings. Her head faces forward, and her four legs are parallel to one another, hooves on the ground. Surface is detailed, with veins, vessels and muscles apparent. Four steel cables anchor the cow.
Subject:
Animal -- Cattle
Occupation -- Farm -- Dairy
Object Type:
Billboard
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- New Salem
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by New Salem Lions Club, New Salem Park District, New Salem, North Dakota 58563
Located School Hill, Between New Salem & I-94, New Salem, North Dakota
Remarks:
A nearby plaque reads: SALEM SUE/The World's Largest Holstein Cow/is 38 feet high, 50 feet long/and weighs 12,000 pounds./Salem Sue was erected in 1974 at a cost of/nearly (dollar sign) forty thousand dollars contributed by dairymen,/farmers, businessmen, the dairy industry, and/area residents. The New Salem Lions organized/the project, and the club continues to maintain/the site./The New Salem High School Athletic teams/boast the name "Holsteins" as a tribute to the/area's dairy industry.
/New Salem is recognized as one of North Dakota's pre-eminent dairy center (end of plaque). IAS files contain tourist brochures with more information on New Salem and the cow, including illustrations and the words to a song about Salem Sue called "Ballad of the Holstein (Mooo-d Music)."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.
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 ND000045
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Inventory of American Sculpture
ND000045
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