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    		• Lentelli, Leo,
     
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    		• Willis, Robert,
     
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    		• Homage -- Sullivan, Dennis
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Gate
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Sullivan Gateway Statues, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lentelli, Leo, 1879-1961, sculptor.
    Willis, Robert, architect.
    Title: 
    Sullivan Gateway Statues, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Agriculture, (sculpture).
    Mining, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1917-1918. Installed 1918.
    Medium: 
    Cast stone over steel armature.
    Dimensions: 
    2 pieces. Each approx. H. l5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    IN MEMORY OF DENNIS SULLIVAN/ 1837-1915/ ERECTED BY JOHN C. MITCHELL 1917
    Description: 
    A pair of sculptures representing two of Colorado's key industries, agriculture and mining, stand atop forty pylons that flank the entrance to the City Park Esplanade in front of East High School. Agriculture, on the west side, is symbolized by two women, one seated and one standing holding a sheaf of wheat. Mining, on the east side, is symbolized by two men, one seated holding a pick, and the other standing.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Sullivan, Dennis
    Figure group -- Female
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Object Type: 
    Gate
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City and County of Denver, Department of Parks & Recreation, 2300 15th Street, Suite 150, Denver, Colorado 80202
    Located City Park Explanade, East Colfax Avenue & Columbine Street in front of East High School, Denver Colorado 80205
    Remarks: 
    In 1916, Denver banker John Mitchell donated $35,000 to honor his friend, Dennis Sullivan, with the installation of two gateway sculptures and a fountain that would mark the entrance to City Park at East Colfax Avenue. Sculptor Leo Lentelli created plaster models of the sculptures in his Hoboken, New Jersey studio. From these models, molds were made and transported to Denver where they were installed around steel armatures erected atop forty foot pylons. Cast stone was then poured around the armature. For additional information see Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 26, 1994 and the Denver Post, April 23, 1997, pg. 2B.
    References: 
    Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
    City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    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 CO000022
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