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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Robinson, R. D.,     History -- United States     Landscape -- Alaska     Landscape -- Mountain     Landscape -- Mountain     Landscape -- Valley     Portrait male -- Juneau, Joseph     Portrait male -- Harris, Richard     Portrait male -- Kowee, Chief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Juneau     Sculpture

The Founders of Juneau, (sculpture). Artist:  Robinson, R. D., sculptor. Title:  The Founders of Juneau, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 4, 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete and fiberglass. Dimensions:  Approx. 36 x 77 x 20 in. Inscription:  (Three plaques mounted to wall beneath sculpture:) JOSEPH JUNEAU CHIEF KOWEE RICHARD HARRIS (Plaque mounted to wall adjacent to sculpture:) HERITAGE (underlined)/"The Founders of Juneau"/To all those who came/after and stayed./Dedicated to long time/residents/"ALASKANS"/SCULPTOR R. D. ROBINSON/Dedicated July 4, 1988 signed Description:  Three portrait heads of Juneau city founders set against a landscape backdrop. The three men portrayed are Joseph Juneau (left), Chief Kowee (center), and Richard Harris (right). Landscape behind portrays Mt. Juneau, Gold Creek Basin, and Mt. Roberts; mountains are tinted white to suggest snow. Heads are cast from a concrete (?) aggregate; landscape elements are made of fiberglass. Sculpture is mounted to an exterior wall. Above sculpture, on wall, eight stars are painted, outlining the Big Dipper and the North Star. Subject:  History -- United States -- Alaska Landscape -- Alaska -- Juneau Landscape -- Mountain -- Mt. Juneau Landscape -- Mountain -- Mt. Roberts Landscape -- Valley -- Gold Creek Basin Portrait male -- Juneau, Joseph -- Head Portrait male -- Harris, Richard -- Head Portrait male -- Kowee, Chief -- Head Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Juneau Sculpture Owner:  Located Marine View Apartments, 230 South Franklin Street, Juneau, Alaska Owned by Brotherton, Joe, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  Owner commissioned sculpture for the reopening of his property, Marine View Apartments. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska 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 AK000014   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000014 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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