Prairie Wings, (sculpture).

Prairie Wings, (sculpture).

Young, Justin I., Jr., 1952- , sculptor.

Cheaver, Howard, founder.

Francis, Dan, founder.

Schenkeir, Lee, founder.

Trask, Tim, founder.

Schenkeir, Bill, founder.

Western Sculpture, founder.

Prairie Wings, (sculpture).

1986. Dedicated July 1986.

Sculpture: bronze, with patina; Pedestal: cement; Planter: cement.

Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Pedestal: approx. W. 3 ft. 10 in. x D. 3 ft. 3 in.; Planter: approx. H. 1 ft. 6 in. (700 lbs.).

For: Linda, Justin, Elizabeth, John, Mom, Dad Brad, They always believed (Inlaid plaque on east side of pedestal, raised lettering:) "Prairie Wings"/by JUSTIN YOUNG/Commissioned by the Southeast Colorado Arts Council and/presented to the City of Lamar in June of 1986 in honor/of the Centennial Celebration by the following donors:/(list of names in two columns follows)/PEDESTAL AND GARDEN AREA DONORS/(list of names in two columns follows)/1986 (...transcription illegible) signed

Two Canadian geese in vertical flight to the south, wing tips touching. A cluster of five cattails appear on the east side of the lowest wing. The sculpture is mounted on a pedestal and set in a hexagonal planter.

Animal -- Bird -- Goose

Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Lamar

Administered by City of Lamar, City Maintenance, 103 North 2nd, Lamar, Colorado 81052

Located Bicentennial Park, 600 block of South Main Street, Lamar Area Hospice Association Memorial Gardens, Lamar, Colorado

Commissioned by the Southeast Colorado Arts Council to celebrate Lamar's Centennial Celebration. The $50,000 commission included two works by the artist on campus. (See also Prairie Sentry, IAS record CO000587). Funding came from contributions and from the sale of sixty-five miniatures of the sculpture, with grants from the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities and the Mountain Bell Foundation. Lamar (Colorado) is known as the "Goose Hunting Capital of the World," and the sculpture was the town's first monumental bronze. The Lamar Area Hospice Association assisted with the pedestal and planter. Bicentennial Park is also known as Centennial Park.

IAS files contain transcription of names on pedestal and nearby plaques; magazine article from MUSE; and newspaper clipping from July 3, 1986.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.

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