Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
  • Gage, John,
     
  •  
  • Figure male -- Full length
     
  •  
  • Occupation -- Industry
     
  •  
  • Object -- Tool
     
  •  
  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Oronoco
     
  •  
  • Sculpture
     
     
    (Gold Miner), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gage, John, 1951- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Gold Miner), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Prospector, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Aug. 16, 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Carved elm.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Incised:) John/Gage/8-16-89 (On lower right, in raised letters:) ORONOCO/GOLD/RUSH/1858 signed
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a prospector is carved from a rooted elm tree. The figure wears a flat, wide-brimmed hat, long hair and a long moustache and beard. He holds a pick axe at the handle in his proper left hand, the head of the axe rests at his feet.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Object -- Tool -- Pick
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Oronoco
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Oronoco, Parks, Oronoco, Minnesota
    Located Minnesota Avenue, Olmsted County Highway 18, Oronoco, Minnesota
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    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 MN000524
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculptureMN000524Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System