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    		• Rensch, Gene,
     
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    		• Mautz, Norman,
     
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    		• Mikkelson, Gary,
     
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    		• Cummings, Wes,
     
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    		• Flath, Arnold,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Garrison
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Big Gene, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rensch, Gene, sculptor.
    Mautz, Norman, assistant.
    Mikkelson, Gary, assistant.
    Cummings, Wes, sculptor.
    Flath, Arnold, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Big Gene, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated July 9, 1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Painted metal and fiberglass sculpture on a concrete base.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 16 ft. 4 in.; Largest Diam. 118 1/2 in. (1,542 lbs. 8 1/2 oz.).
    Description: 
    A male figure, representing a golfer, stands and holds a golf club as if in mid-swing. He wears a hat, and his clothing has been painted on: a short-sleeved shirt, belt, and light-colored pants. The golf club is held at the waist with both hands. His fingers are of flat sheet metal and are cut-out shapes. The man is bolted to the base and is supported with four wires attached at the shoulders, and go to the ground.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Allegory -- Other -- Rensch, Gene
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Golf
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Garrison
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Garrison Municipal Golf Course, Grounds Committee, Highway 37, east of Garrison, Garrison, North Dakota 58540
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain related article from McLean County Independent (Garrison, ND), July 14, 1982, pg. 3A. (On a nearby sign:) Big Gene/Born July 9, 1982/Big Gene welcomes you to the Garrison Municipal golf course./Conceived by the Garrison golf club's Grounds Committee/"Big Gene" was designed and created by Gene Rensch..../fabricated by Mike Rensch; assisted by Norman Mautz..../painted by Gary Mikkelson....fiberglass head by Wes Cummings/....shoes and base by Arnold Flath....birth and erection arrangements /by Bill Albrecht./
    Birth measurements: Height 16'4", waist 94 1/2", chest 118 1/2", biceps 44 1/4", neck 40 1/4", weight with base 1,542 lbs, 8 1/4 oz. and christened July 9, 1982.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.
    McLean County Independent (Garrison, ND), July 14, 1982, pg. 3A.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    McLean County Independent (Garrison, ND), July 14, 1982, pg. 3A.
    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 ND000020
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