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Sculptural Works Pony
Express Website Owner: Jefferson Fairbanks, PhD, grandson of the sculptor Comments are welcome Related Links: Books on the Sculptor Avard Fairbanks by Eugene F. Fairbanks: "A Sculptor's Testimony in Bronze and Stone" "A Sculpture Garden of Fantasy" This web site is non-commercial in nature, and was not created for the purposes of selling art. Viewers interested in purchasing art may visit FairbanksArt.com for information regarding the sale of art. links: LDSMusician.com, LDSMusicNetwork.com, LDSMusicWorld.com, LDSMusic.org, BuyLDSMusic.com, |
Dr. Avard Fairbanks created this sacred work of the young boy Joseph Smith kneeling in prayer, resulting in the vision of the Father and the Son. This piece has been showcased in the Church Museum and more recently in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on the campus of Brigham Young University. During the unveiling ceremony of this work on Oct 17, 1997, Elder Henry B. Eyring said in part, "I would like to pay tribute to the artist Avard Fairbanks, and make a wish for the way this statue should be viewed by those who come here . . . One of the marks of great art is not what it portrays but what it suggests. There are other figures not sculpted here which I would like you to imagine with an eye of faith . . ." 
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