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Monument Valley Geologic Column, (sculpture). Artist:  Van Diest, Edmond C., engineer. Title:  Monument Valley Geologic Column, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1907. Medium:  White quartz, black mica, pink feldspar, Pike's Peak granite and red Lyons sandstone. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 8 ft. 11 in. x W. 33 ft. Inscription:  (On plaque on wall:) MONUMENT VALLEY PARK GEOLOGIC COLUMN/The rock layers in this masonry wall reproduce the successive geological formations underlying the Colorado Springs Area-outcroppings of which appear in Queen's Canyon and the Garden of the Gods./A gift to the people of Colorado Springs from General William Jackson Palmer in 1907. unsigned Description:  The column is part of a larger retaining wall. It is made up of approximately 25 layers of rocks pitching to the east. The colors range from shades of off-white to beige, reds and terra cotta. Subject:  Allegory -- Place -- Colorado Allegory -- Place -- Colorado Springs Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Geology Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs Site-specific Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Colorado Springs, Parks and Recreation Department, 1401 Recreation Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80905 Located Monument Valley Park, 224 Mesa Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado Remarks:  Gift of General William Jackson Palmer. The rocks were quarried from Palmer's Glen Eyrie castle in Queen's Canyon, north of the Garden of the Gods. Some patch work has been done and there are bolts in the column, which may or may not have been there when constructed. IAS files include an excerpt from "Trips on Twos: 15 Walking Tours of Colorado Springs," by Leslie and Kim Bergstrom, 1978. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs 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 CO000574   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000574 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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