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Sugar House Pioneer Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Malin, Millard Fillmore, sculptor. California Art Bronze Foundry, founder. Anderson and Young, architectural firm. Title:  Sugar House Pioneer Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1930. Dedicated 1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Shaft: sandstone; Figures: bronze; Lamp: bronze and glass. Dimensions:  Approx. 42 x 60 x 12 ft. Inscription:  (North and south sides:) MILLARD FILLMORE MALIN/SCULPTOR/ANDERSON AND YOUNG/ARCHITECTS/ERECTED 1930 - DEDICATED 1934 (Plaque on south side commemorates efforts by pioneers to establish a sugar beet industry) (Plaque on north side top describes original site of sugar beet factory) (Plaque on north side bottom describes efforts to import machinery and establish sugar beet industry in American west) signed Description:  Tall shaft commemorating historic pioneer industrial site with flanking figures at base and topped by beacon. On west side base seated nude male figure flanked by beet leaves; he holds scroll in proper left hand; proper right hand pours jar of water onto small mill wheel. East side base has figure of classically clothed seated female. She has fruit and vegetables in lap; proper left hand holds shaft of wheat. On proper right side are beet leaves and cornucopia. Below lamp on west side is relief of indian with war bonnet, shield and tomahawk. On east side relief of indian with war bonnet; he holds bundle in proper right hand. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Occupation -- Industry -- Manufacturing Figure male -- Nude Figure female -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian Object -- Vegetable -- Beet Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object -- Weapon -- Axe Object -- Other -- Cornucopia Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Utah -- Salt Lake City Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Salt Lake City Corporation, Salt Lake City Arts Council, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Located Sugar House, 21st South Eleventh East, Salt Lake City, Utah Remarks:  Incoming SOS! report includes transcription of text from commemorative plaques. The monument was erected in recognition of the first efforts to manufacture beet sugar in western America, and is located approximately 200 feet from the site of the "old sugarhouse" structure erected in 1853-1855. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Utah 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 UT000008   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture UT000008 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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