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Owner:
Jefferson Fairbanks, PhD,
grandson of the sculptor
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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"
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The Sculptor in his Studio
Sculptor Avard Fairbanks, PhD, whose pioneer ancestor (grandfather)
passed along this trail in 1847 on the way to the Salt Lake Valley,
was born in Provo, Utah in 1897. In his distinguished career as
sculptor, anatomist and educator he created more than 100 public
monuments honoring great characters and events in history. He studied
in Paris and Italy, served on the faculties of five universities
and was the founding dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University
of Utah.
The Pony Express Monument captures in bronze the exciting moment
of the exchange of the horses. The rider has dismounted his fatigued
horse, has tossed the mail pouch onto the fresh horse, and now charges
off, not yet fully into the saddle.
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