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    		• Prazen, Gary,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Diamondville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Miner, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Prazen, Gary, d. 2016, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Miner, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1982. 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Plaque: bronze; Base: mortared volcanic rock.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 44 x 15 x 12 in.; Plaque: approx. 50 x 46 x 4 in.; Base: approx. 78 x 52 x 43 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bottom center:) Gary Prazen/1990 (On plinth:) (copyright symbol) 1982/THE/MINER/13/25/Gary Prazen (On plaque on base:) DONATED BY/UMWA/LOCAL 1307 OF DIST 22/1890-1990/CENTENNIAL/U.M.W.A.-WYOMING/In appreciation to all/the miners, both past/and present who have/made mining a way of/life in the South Lincoln/County area. To their/families who have stood/by their side and made/this place a home./May the proud heritage/and traditions of today/carry into tomorrow signed
    Description: 
    Standing figure of a miner wearing a miner's helmet with a lamp on it, cover-alls, miner boots, and a utility belt. He holds a pick-axe in both hands. A bronze plaque on the front of the base depicts in relief a mine, miners at work, a mine shaft, coal cars, a steam shovel, and a dump truck, along with a scroll containing text.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Object -- Tool -- Axe
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Truck
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Diamondville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Diamondville, Parks, 334 Diamondville Avenue, P. O. Box 281, Diamondville, Wyoming 83116
    Located Miner's Memorial Park, Diamondville, Wyoming
    Remarks: 
    Donated by the UMWA (United Mine Workers of America) Local 1307 of District 22 for the Centennial of the UMWA-Wyoming in 1990.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming 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 WY000050
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