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Prairie Passage, (sculpture). Artist:  Stauffer, Richard, sculptor. Emig, Dave, architect. Hillman, Bob, landscape architect Stauffer, Brendy, assistant. Schmidt, Scott, assistant. Title:  Prairie Passage, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Installed 1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Kansas limestone; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 35 ft. Inscription:  (On one monolith, incised letters:) ALAHE (On other monolith, incised letters:) PLUMB (On other monolith, incised letters:) LYON (On other monolith, raised letters:) WAW unsigned Description:  Eight upright monoliths carved in relief with images of prominent Kansans and images related to the history of Kansas. Included are images of a Native American; a bust portrait of Senator Preston Plumb, a bust portrait of Civil War General Nathaniel Lyon (dressed in uniform); a bust of William Allen White (wearing a fedora hat, jacket, shirt and tie); a scene with railroad tracks leading to a Greek cross, a dollar sign and hammer. Also depicted is a landscape with turkey, stream and fish, lightning bolt, rain and rainbow; a scene with a church, wheat stalks, wagon wheel, cowboy hat and long-handled shovel; and a figure with two outstretched arms and the impressions of a head and neck, and other geometric carvings. The monoliths are arranged roughly in a circle, with six forming the outer perimeter and two in the inside. They are placed on an elliptical-shaped earth embankment. Subject:  History -- United States -- Westward Expansion History -- United States -- Kansas Allegory -- Place -- Emporia Allegory -- Place -- Plains Portrait male -- Plumb, Preston B. -- Bust Occupation -- Other -- Colonizer Occupation -- Political -- Senator Portrait male -- Lyon, Nathaniel -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- General Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Portrait male -- White, William Allen -- Bust Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist Occupation -- Writer -- Editor Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Figure female -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Osage Figure -- Fragment -- Arm Object -- Tool -- Hammer Animal -- Bird -- Turkey Animal -- Fish Architecture -- Industry -- Railroad Yard Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Architecture -- Religious -- Church Landscape -- Weather -- Lightning Landscape -- Phenomenon -- Rainbow Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object -- Tool -- Shovel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Emporia Sculpture Owner:  Lyon County Fairground Association, Industrial Road & West Highway 50, Emporia, Kansas 66801 Remarks:  The sculpture was fabricated for the 1992 Kansas Sculpture Association Stone Symposium. The artist was assisted by landscape architect Dave Emig and student intern, Bob Hillman. Brendy Stauffer, the artist's daughter, and Emporia State University student Scott Schmidt assisted with the carving. Others assisted with the sculpture's fabrication. The theme of the sculpture is prairie passage and symbolizes Emporia as the gateway to the Kansas Flint Hills, and the city's transition from past to present. William Allen White was the former editor and publisher of The Gazette; General Nathaniel Lyon, for whom the county is named, fought in the Civil War; and Preston B. Plumb founded Emporia, Kansas. At the time of the SOS! survey, July 1994, the sculpture was still in progress. IAS files contain detailed dimensions and related article from The Emporia Gazette, Aug. 22-23, 1992, pg. 1, 7. IAS files also contain a press release dated Aug. 10, 1992; and a flyer announcing the 1992 Kansas Sculptors Association Stone Symposium. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas 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 KS000531   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000531 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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