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    		• Crane, Dick,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Eureka
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Fisherman, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Crane, Dick, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Fisherman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Sept. 18, 1981. Copyrighted 1981. Dedicated Oct. 1981.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast copper and concrete; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 25 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 8 x 20 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On floor of boat:) "Dick Crane" (Beneath Dick Crane's signature:) "Arlene Crane" (On heel of proper left shoe:) "Fisherman/By Dick Crane/Copyright 1981" signed
    Description: 
    Larger than life full-length figure of a commercial fisherman standing in the bow of a skiff holding a fishing net. The fisherman is bearded and dressed in foul weather gear. His proper right foot is in the boat and his proper left leg is bent with that foot on the port gunwale. The fisherman is leaning forward with both hands holding the net, which is draped over the boat's bow. Only the forward portion of the boat is modeled. The sculpture is sited on a rocky promontory which is separated from the rest of the island at high tide.
    Subject: 
    Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing
    Figure male -- Full length
    Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear
    Architecture -- Boat -- Rowboat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Eureka
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Humboldt Arts Council, Permanent Collection, 636 F Street, Eureka, California 95501
    Located Woodley Island, Southwest corner, Eureka, California
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Commercial Fishermen's Wives of Humboldt, Eureka, California
    Remarks: 
    Plaque on nearby stone marker reads: TO THOSE/WHOM THE SEA SUSTAINED/.... AND ALSO CLAIMED. BELOW: MEMORIAL SPONSORED/BY THE/COMMERCIAL FISHERMENS WIVES/OF HUMBOLDT/THRU/COMMUNITY DONATIONS/DESIGNED AND CREATED/BY DICK CRANE/COPYRIGHT 1981 (copyright symbol). An anchor is adjacent to the marker. Plaque on another nearby marker reads: IN MEMORY OF FISHERMEN LOST AT SEA (list of the local fishermen who have been lost). On plaque on nearby bench: Commercial Fishermen's Wives/of Humboldt dedicate this/bench to all the people who/made our monument possible/May 30, 1990.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA000465
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