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The Homesteader, (sculpture). Artist:  Geiger, Pershing, sculptor. Title:  The Homesteader, (sculpture). Dates:  1978. Copyrighted 1978. Cast 1979. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze with grayish brown patina; Base: mortared brick. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 36 in. x 53 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 96 in. x 139 in. Inscription:  (Proper right foot of figure:) The Homesteader/Pershing Geiger 1/1 (copyright symbol) 1978 (Plaque on base:) THE HOMESTEADER signed Description:  Figure of a man wearing jeans, work shirt with rolled-up sleeves, boots and a hat, and carrying an axe in his proper right hand. He stands on an octagonal pedestal of brown brick, the lower portion of which is surrounded by a planter made of the same brick. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Object -- Tool -- Axe History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Casper Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Wyoming Community Development Authority, 11 South Durbin, Casper, Wyoming 82601 Located Homesteader Plaza, 111 South Durbin Street, Casper, Wyoming Provenance:  Formerly located Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan, Casper, Wyoming References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming 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 WY000049   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WY000049 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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