They Call the Land Montana, (sculpture)

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1996.; Image on file.; (On belt of male figure:) M Capsar (sic) 89 signed; 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 pioneer family, consisting of a father, mother, and child. The father, a mustached figure wearing a kerchief around his neck, crouches down and holds a wide-brimmed hat with both hands. Behind the father stands the mother wearing a wind blown dress. She raises her proper left hand to her head and places her proper right hand on the back of the child. The child sits atop an upright wagon wheel. The sculpture is placed in the foreground of an arched monument with side walls.

1989

Owner/Location: Wheatland County 100 2nd Street, N.W., Courthouse Harlowton Montana 59036

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: History--United States--Westward Expansion; Figure group--Family; Literature--Berg--And They Called the Land Montana; Allegory--Place--Montana; Dress--Accessory--Hat; Object--Other--Wheel