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Lamphere, Dale,
Art Castings of Colorado,
Allegory -- Life
Occupation -- Other
Figure female -- Full length
Homage -- Duling, Darlene
Object -- Vegetable
Literature -- Steinbeck
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Pierre
Sculpture
Citadel, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lamphere, Dale, sculptor.
Art Castings of Colorado, founder.
Title:
Citadel, (sculpture).
Dates:
1991. Copyrighted 1991. Dedicated June 22, 1991.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: cast bronze; Wall and base: granite.
bronze
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 91 x 11 x 11 in.; Wall: approx. 50 x 60 x 9 in.; Base: approx. 9 x 49 x 43 in.; Reeds: approx. 37 x 9 x 6 in.
Inscription:
Dale Claude Lamphere/SCULPTOR John Steinbeck/THE GRAPES OF WRATH (Plaque on back:) CITADEL/Dedicated to the pioneer women of South/Dakota by the family of Darlene Duling/She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome/her position, the citadel of the family, the/strong place that could not be taken...she/had dignity and a clean, calm beauty...as/a healer, her hands had grown sure and/cool and quiet,...as arbiter, she had/become as remote and faultless in judgement/as a goddess. signed
Description:
A full-length pioneer woman sheathed in a corn stalk. The woman's head and arms are exposed, with the rest of her body blended into a standing stalk of corn. The woman is standing in front of a two panel granite wall, with reeds to her proper left.
Subject:
Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood
Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
Figure female -- Full length
Homage -- Duling, Darlene
Object -- Vegetable -- Corn
Literature -- Steinbeck -- Grapes of Wrath
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Pierre
Sculpture
Owner:
South Dakota, Bureau of Administration, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota 57501
Located South Dakota State Capitol, North entrance, Pierre, South Dakota
Remarks:
The title of the sculpture, and the passage on the plaque is taken from John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". The sculpture was commissioned by Ed Duling, and was a gift to the State of South Dakota in honor of his wife, his mother, and pioneer women. IAS files contain a related newsclipping from the Rapid City Journal (South Dakota) July 1991.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota 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 SD000036
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