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(City Founders), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (City Founders), (sculpture). Dates:  1968 (?). Medium:  Sculptures: probably bronze; Bases: granite. Dimensions:  3 reliefs. Each relief: approx. 8 ft. x 5 ft. x 10 in.; Each base: approx. 8 ft. x 5 ft. x 5 in. Description:  Three companion reliefs depicting the founding fathers of Colorado Springs are each mounted upon a rectangular granite slab and attached to a marble-paneled wall on the side of a building. On the upper right of the wall is mining tycoon, Winfield Stratton, standing with a shovel in his proper left hand and a pickax over his proper right shoulder. Behind him on his proper right is mining scaffolding. On the lower left of the wall is railroad builder, William Jackson Palmer, standing with his proper left arm resting on his hip. An 1870s steam engine is behind him to his proper right. On the lower right of the wall is Spencer Penrose, a city visionary, holding a plat map at chest height. Behind him to his proper left is the Will Rogers Shrine which he built. Subject:  Portrait male -- Stratton, Winfield -- Full length Portrait male -- Palmer, William Jackson -- Full length Portrait male -- Penrose, Spencer -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Occupation -- Industry -- Railroad Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train Architecture -- Religious -- Will Rogers Shrine Architecture -- Monument -- Tomb Object -- Tool -- Shovel Object -- Tool -- Axe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Fort Collins Assemblage, c/o Summit Commercial Group, 101 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Located 101 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Remarks:  Reliefs depicts three of the founding fathers of Colorado Springs. 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 CO000420   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000420 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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