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(Built on the Rock), (sculpture). Artist:  Pillard, Merle, sculptor. Title:  (Built on the Rock), (sculpture). Dates:  1975. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: granite, cement,and metal; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 6 ft. x D. 6 ft. x Diam. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 29 in. x W. 47 in. x Diam. 47 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on sphere, incised letters:) TELL THE WORLD (On second plaque on center of sphere, incised letters:) EVERLASTING LIFE/IS IN/JESUS CHRIST (On third plaque on sphere, incised letters:) OTTO LUESSENHOP/PASTOR/1900--1942 (On fourth plaque on sphere, incised letters:) WALTER A. ENGE/PASTOR/1942--1946 (On fifth plaque on sphere, incised letters:) 75TH ANNIVERSARY/1975 (On base, incised letters:) BUILT ON THE ROCK unsigned Description:  The sculpture is a sphere made of granite rocks glued together with cement. Three metal crosses about nine inches tall are grouped on top of the sphere. The names of the church pastors are inscribed on the sphere. The sphere rests on a round base that is supported by three short columns. Subject:  Object -- Other -- Globe Emblem -- Cross Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs Sculpture Owner:  Immanuel Lutheran Church, Administrative Division, 846 Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Remarks:  Otto Luessenhop was the church pastor from 1900-1942 and Walter A. Enge was pastor from 1942-1976. The sculpture was dedicated on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the church in 1975. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1993. 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 CO000484   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000484 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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