Prairie Odyssey, (sculpture) | Smithsonian Institution

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1995.; Image on file.; (On lower rear of statue:) Herb Mignery CA 1/3 1991 (On proper left side:) "PRAIRIE ODYSSEY"/BY/HERB MIGNERY CAA/THE SCULPTURE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE DUTTON-LAINSON COMPANY (On plaque on front of base:) DUTTON-LAINSON/PLAZA/DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF HASTINGS/BY/DUTTON-LAINSON COMPANY/ON THE 106TH YEAR/OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COMPANY/APRIL 24, 1992 signed Founder's mark appears.; 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.
Summary: A male pioneer, dressed in a long, loose-fitting jacket, shirt, leather trousers, and wide-brimmed hat, stands with a whip folded over his proper left shoulder while grasping a rifle with his proper left hand. The statue is placed atop a stone and brick base which rests on a stepped area surrounded by a number of benches.

Cast 1991. Dedicated April 24, 1992

Medium: Statue: cast bronze with patina; Base: Colorado red sandstone and brick

Owner/Location: Dutton-Lainson Company Public Relations 451 West 2nd Dutton-Lainson Company Plaza Hastings Nebraska 68901

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: Figure male--Full length; Allegory--Place--Plains; Occupation--Other--Cowboy; Dress--Accessory--Hat; Object--Weapon--Gun; Object--Weapon--Whip