Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Bassett, George,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Farm
Occupation -- Other
Cityscape -- Minnesota
Architecture -- Vehicle
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Foliage
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Winthrop
Sculpture
The Harvest, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bassett, George, 1929- , sculptor.
Title:
The Harvest, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1980. Dedicated Oct. 30, 1983.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: Kasota stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(On top of left foot:) GEORGE BASSETT (copyright symbol) (On lower right hand corner of granite inlay on front of base:) GEORGE BASSETT (On bronze plaque on front of base:) "THE HARVEST"/WINTHROP CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE/1881-1981/SCULPTOR - GEORGE BASSETT/COMMISSIONED 1980/DEDICATED OCTOBER 30, 1983/THIS CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE IS DEDICATED/TO THE COURAGEOUS PIONEERS WHO/WITH A VISION OF THE FUTURE/SETTLED THE WINTHROP AREA." signed
Description:
A pioneer farmer stands holding two sheaves of grain in front of him. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt and suspenders. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base with a granite inlaid relief panel on the front depicting a town on the left, perhaps Winthrop, with a church, houses, a water tower, and trees. A train approaches the town on the right, smoke billowing from its stack.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Farm -- Harvesting
Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
Cityscape -- Minnesota -- Winthrop
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Foliage -- Wheat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Winthrop
Sculpture
Owner:
City of Winthrop, 305 North Main Street, City Hall, Winthrop, Minnesota 55396
Remarks:
Sculpture is dedicated to pioneers of Winthrop, celebrating its centennial, 1881-1981. The inlaid panel on the base is in recognition of the railroads and their critical role in the development of Winthrop. Nearby plaque reads: "SCULPTURE DONATED BY (list of donors follows). IAS files contain a transcription of Centennial commemorative plaque mounted next to the front door of City Hall.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
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 MN000377
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000377
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact