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    		• Lundeen, Mark,
     
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    		• Art Castings of Colorado,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Sport
     
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    		• Literature -- Thayer
     
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    		• Literature -- Character
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Loveland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Casey, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lundeen, Mark, 1958- , sculptor.
    Art Castings of Colorado, founder.
    Title: 
    Casey, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Mighty Casey, (sculpture).
    Casey at the Bat, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Copyrighted 1986. Dedicated Sept. 25, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: brick and concrete masonry.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 81 x 35 x 34 in.; Base: approx. 31 x 49 x 49 in. (600 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Back of plinth, at figure's feet:) MARK LUNDEEN signed
    Description: 
    Figure of Casey in baseball uniform, leaning with proper right hand on bat, and proper left hand on hip. Casey's proper right leg is crossed in front of his proper left leg. He has a full mustache and sideburns. His head is turned to his proper left.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Sport -- Baseball
    Literature -- Thayer -- Casey at the Bat
    Literature -- Character -- Casey
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Loveland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Loveland, Administrative Services Department, 500 East 3rd Street, Loveland, Colorado 80537
    Located Barnes Baseball Sports Complex, Northeast corner, Loveland, Colorado
    Provenance: 
    Formerly administered by City of Loveland, Visual Arts Commission, 503 North Lincoln Street, Loveland, Colorado 80537
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain: copy of excerpt from book by Daldos, Elliott P., "How Our Garden Grows," 1990, which includes the artist's statement about the piece; a copy of magazine article, Cavanaugh, Jack, "Heavy Trading in Bronze: Sports Statues Get Big," Sports Illustrated (Oct. 1988), which discusses Lundeen's sculptures of Casey; and a copy of newspaper photograph and caption from Loveland Reporter Herald (Loveland, CO), Sept. 25, 1986, which followed the dedication of the piece.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
    City of Loveland, Visual Arts Commission, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Loveland Reporter Herald (Loveland, CO), Sept. 25, 1986.
    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 06040023
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