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Creative Displays,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Other
Architecture -- Boat
Billboard
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Cloquet
Sculpture
Voyageur, (sculpture).
Artist:
Creative Displays, fabricator.
Title:
Voyageur, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Cloquet Voyageur, (sculpture)
Dates:
1976. Dedicated July 5, 1976.
Medium:
Sculpture: painted fiberglass; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 20 x 8 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 10 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) CLOQUET/VOYAGEUR (Metal plaque on top, proper left of base:) A/CLOQUET BICENTENNIAL PROJECT/DEDICATED JULY 5, 1976/BY/SEN. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY/AND/REP. JAMES L. OBERSTAR/FLOYD D. JAROS - MAYOR/HENRY C. LARSON - CHAIRMAN. unsigned
Description:
A male figure stands with a canoe paddle held by both hands, proper left hand over proper right. The bottom of the paddle rests on the base, against the outside of the figure's proper right foot. The figure has a beard and is dressed in a heavy tunic with a belt around his waist.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
Object Type:
Billboard
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Cloquet
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Cloquet, Engineers Office, 1307 Cloquet Avenue, Cloquet, Minnesota 55720
Located In park, Highway 33 and St. Louis Avenue, Cloquet, Minnesota
Remarks:
The statue is symbolic of the early settlement in Carlton County. It also serves to represent the entrance to the Voyaguer's Highway (Highway 53). The sculpture previously stood on Highway 33 adjacent to the Cloquet Chamber of Commerce building but was moved when the Hardee's restaurant expanded. IAS files contain an article entitled "Statue Awaits Resting Place" from Pine Knot dated October 24, 1991.
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 MN000046
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000046
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