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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Granlund, Paul Theodore,     Granlund Sculpture Inc.,     Portrait male -- Nicollet, Joseph-Nicolas     Occupation -- Science     Ethnic -- French     Object -- Tool     Object -- Tool     Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter     Sculpture

Nicollet, (sculpture). Artist:  Granlund, Paul Theodore, 1925-2003, sculptor. Granlund Sculpture Inc., founder. Title:  Nicollet, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Copyrighted 1986. Dedicated May 8, 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze with a dark brown patina and fabricated sheets of Muntz metal; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 48 x 60 x 56 in.; Base: approx. H. 9 in. x Diam. 28 in. Inscription:  (On back arm of sextant:) P. T. GRANLUND/1986 1/5 (copyright symbol) (On plaque on base, top:) JOSEPH-NICOLAS NICOLLET/(1786-1843)/COMMISSIONED BY/DEAN EMERITUS MELVA LIND/DEDICATED/MAY 8, 1986 signed Description:  Full-length figure of Joseph-Nicolas Nicollet stands on a low, round base. The figure is incorporated into geometric shapes representing a surveyor's sextant. The figure wears a long-sleeved shirt and trousers tucked into boots. He looks through a telescope held in his proper right hand. The front profile of the torso and proper right leg appear in negative relief on one of the inside edges of the sextant and a cape flares behind him. Native American style drawings appear in relief on the cape. Images of the figure's striding legs appear in cutouts in the sextant on each side of the figure. Subject:  Portrait male -- Nicollet, Joseph-Nicolas -- Full length Occupation -- Science -- Cartographer Ethnic -- French Object -- Tool -- Telescope Object -- Tool -- Sextant Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota 56082 Located Gustavus Adolphus College, Uhler Hall, south grounds, St. Peter, Minnesota Remarks:  Commissioned by Dean Emeritus Melva Lind in honor of Joseph-Nicolas Nicollet (1746-1843), French-born explorer and cartographer for whom Nicollet County is named, on the bicentennial year of his birth. Nicollet explored and mapped the area overlooking the valley of the Minnesota River in the 1830s near the site of the sculpture. IAS files contain related excerpt from College brochure "Granlund in the Linnaeus Arboretum and Sculpture Gardens...," n.d. For further reading, see "Paul T. Granlund: Spirit of Bronze, Shape of Freedom," by William Freiert, (Minneapolis, MN: Primarius Publishing Ltd., 1991, pg. 38-39, 119). 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 MN000593   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000593 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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