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    Mighty Casey, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lundeen, Mark, 1958- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Mighty Casey, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Dedicated July 21, 1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 14 ft. x 4 ft. x 59 in.; Base: approx. H. 22 in. x Diam. 86 1/2 in. (1,400 lbs).
    Inscription: 
    Mark Lundeen (On base front:) CHERRY PARK/ROCK HILL SOUTH CAROLINA (On base back:) There is no failure.../except in no longer trying signed
    Description: 
    Full-length male figure in baseball uniform, cap and cleats, belt and mustache, looks to proper left, leans on baseball bat in proper right hand, proper left hand on proper left hip. Proper right foot crossed in front of proper left leg. Bat rests on home plate which extends, to figure's proper right, beyond the bronze base which rests on a circular stone base. Figure depicts legendary Casey from poem "Casey at the Bat."
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Literature -- Thayer -- Casey at the Bat
    Literature -- Character -- Casey
    Occupation -- Sport -- Baseball
    Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Rock Hill, City Management, 155 Johnston Street, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730
    Located Median Cherry Park, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Shopping Center, Cherry Creek, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain copy of newspaper article from The Herald, July 21, 1991, Sect. C.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina 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 SC000027
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