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Leonidas Merritt, (sculpture). Artist:  Crump, Robert, 1907- , sculptor. Title:  Leonidas Merritt, (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Medium:  Sculpture: cast stone; Base: painted concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 11 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. Inscription:  (Proper right, lower back of sculpture:) DESIGNED BY/ROBERT CRUMP/MINNESOTA W.P.A./ART PROJECT (Front, top center of base:) LEONIDAS MERRITT/1844-1926/PIONEER/PROSPECTOR/NUMBER ONE/OF THE/SEVEN IRON MEN signed Description:  Leonidas Merritt is depicted as a timber cruiser. He stands with both arms at his sides. His proper right hand holds a hammer while his proper left hand clutches an iron ore sample. The figure is wearing a pack on his back. Subject:  Portrait male -- Merritt, Leonidas -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Object -- Tool -- Hammer Object -- Other -- Mineral Dress -- Accessory -- Knapsack Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Mountain Iron Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Mountain Iron, 8878 Main Street, Mountain Iron, Minnesota 55768 Located Mountain Iron Library, Mountain Iron, Minnesota Remarks:  The sculpture was created as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) federal program. In front of the statue is a 9 1/2 ton granite boulder known as the "Rock" which symbolizes the ore Merritt and his brothers found. IAS files contain related excerpt from the book entitled "Monumental Minnesota" by Moira F. Harris dated 1992, pgs. 41-42. 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 MN000039   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000039 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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