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The Russian-Alaskan Friendship Plaque, (sculpture). Artist:  Jackson, Joan Bugbee, sculptor. Maiden Foundry, founder. Title:  The Russian-Alaskan Friendship Plaque, (sculpture). Other Titles:  250th Anniversary of Vitus Bering's Landing, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Copyrighted 1991. Medium:  Plaque: bronze; Base: stainless steel plate. Dimensions:  Approx. 19 3/4 x 36 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. Inscription:  (At lower left corner, in cursive script:) (copyright symbol) J. Bugbee Jackson, 1991 (Place names on map include Siberia, Alaska, Bering Sea, Bering Island, Kayak Island and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy) (On plaque below sculpture, in Russian and English:) KAYAK ISLAND, ALASKA/JULY 20, 1741-JULY 20, 1991/IN RECOGNITION OF 250 YEARS OF DISCOVERY/FROM VITUS BERING'S EPIC JOURNEY FROM RUSSIA TO ALASKA IN 1741/TO THIS JOINT RUSSIAN-ALASKAN CELEBRATION IN 1991/A GIFT OF THE PEOPLE OF ALASKA AND THE USDA FOREST SERVICE signed Description:  Relief plaque depicts maps of Alaska and eastern Russia. Beneath the islands of the Aleutian Chain are two hands shaking. A sailing ship appears in the lower right corner. Respective emblems of Russia and the United States, the double-headed eagle and the American eagle, appear over the land masses of Russian-Siberia and Alaska. The bronze plaque is mounted on a stainless steel plate, which is mounted on rocky cliff. Subject:  History -- United States -- Alaska History -- Exploration -- Russia Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship Figure -- Fragment -- Arm Homage -- Bering, Vitus Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Kayak Island Relief Sculpture Owner:  Located Sea Rock Cave, on the shore of the Gulf of Alaska, Kayak Island, Alaska Administered by United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 612 2nd Street, Cordova, Alaska 99574 Remarks:  Commissioned by the United States Forest Service, this piece marks the site where Vitus Bering landed in 1741. The sculpture is sited near the face of a cave on the uninhabited Kayak Island. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1994. 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 AK000145   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000145 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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