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Garden of Eden, (sculpture). Artist:  Dinsmoor, Samuel Perry, 1843-1932, sculptor. Title:  Garden of Eden, (sculpture). Dates:  1907-1929. Medium:  Concrete and glass. Dimensions:  Overall: 40 x 228 x 142 ft. Inscription:  signed Description:  An installation of over 150 concrete sculptures depicting Biblical and political themes, including the Garden of Eden, the fall of man, and modern civilization (ca. 1910-1920). Biblical themes include depictions of Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve, the Devil, Angel guarding apples in the Garden of Eden, storks, and the Tree of Life. Political themes include the Goddess of Liberty crushing trust monopolies (represented by an octopus) Labor crucified, the American flag, and images related to the populist movement, including Social Darwinism, suffragism, and prohibition. One scene includes a soldier shooting a gun at an Indian, who in turns aims an arrow at a dog after a fox chasing a bird, trying to catch a worm eating a leaf. The sculptures are placed throughout the half-acre site, many attached within tree branches and lit with electric lights at night. Subject:  Religion -- Old Testament -- Adam Religion -- Old Testament -- Eve Religion -- Old Testament -- Cain Religion -- Old Testament -- Abel Religion -- Satan Religion -- Angel Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Occupation -- Labor Animal -- Bird -- Stork Object -- Other -- Flag Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Lucas Folk Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Garden of Eden, Inc., c/o John Hachmeister, Route 1, Box 97, Oskaloosa, Kansas 66066 Located About 16 miles north of I-70, at junction of K-18 & K-232, Lucas, Kansas Remarks:  The sculptures were built by Samuel Perry Dinsmore, a retired farmer, populist politician and self-taught Biblical scholar. At the age of 64, he set out to build the "most unique" house in Lucas. In addition to the sculpture, the site includes his limestone log cabin, which he opened to tourists, and a mausoleum, where he is buried. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. IAS files contain articles from Kansas Magazine, vol. 1, 1991, pg. 33-35; and The Quivrian (Lake Quivera, Kansas), vol. 6, no. 4, pg. 1, 10-11. IAS files also contain two brochures, "Garden of Eden," and "The Garden of Eden and Cabin Home," n.p., n.d. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995. The Garden of Eden, Inc., 1991. Illustration:  Image on file. Kansas Magazine, vol. 1, 1991, pg. 33-35. 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 66300001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66300001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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