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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Akeley
     
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    Paul Bunyan, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Krotzer, Dean, sculptor.
    Krotzer, Steven, sculptor.
    Krotzer, Jim, sculptor.
    Krotzer, Bruce, sculptor.
    Krotzer, Rick, sculptor.
    Krotzer, Sam, sculptor.
    Krotzer, Peter, sculptor.
    Carpenter, Mike, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Paul Bunyan, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1984. Cast 1984-1985.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: fiberglass and twine, painted; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 33 x 16 x 17 ft.; Foundation: approx. W. 40 ft. x D. 28 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Incised letters:) By (copyright symbol) 1984/Dean/Krotzer (On metal plaque on axe:) -PAUL BUNYAN-/PRESENTED BY/KROTZER'S/AND/AKELEY C & C/ARTISTS:/DEAN KROTZER (copyright symbol) 1984 #VA165-876/STEVEN KROTZER/JIM KROTZER/BRUCE KROTZER/RICK KROTZER/SAM KROTZER/PETER KROTZER/MIKE CARPENTER/1984-1985 signed
    Description: 
    Paul Bunyan with moustache and beard, kneels on his proper left knee. He wears a blue cap with a brown band, a red and black flannel lumber-jack shirt, yellow suspenders and blue pants tucked into laced, mid-calf boots. He leans on the axe he holds in his proper left hand and extends his cupped proper right hand for people to sit in.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Character -- Paul Bunyan
    Object -- Tool -- Axe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Akeley
    Billboard
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Akeley Chamber of Commerce, Box 222, Akeley, Minnesota 56433
    Located Memorial Park, Main Street, next to Paul Bunyan Historical Museum, Akeley, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain tourist pamphlets proclaiming Akeley as the birthplace and home of the world's largest Paul Bunyan sculpture.
    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 MN000350
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