Sun God Reliefs - The Great Rivers: Mississippi - Jefferson City, MO
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N 38° 34.728 W 092° 10.381
15S E 572033 N 4270361
Base of the statue "The Great Rivers: Mississippi on the Capitol steps.
Waymark Code: WMXVT8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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County of art: Cole County
Location of art: W. High St., west entrance stairs, Capitol Bldg., Jefferson City
Artist: Robert Aitken, sculptor
Founder: Roman Bronze Works
Erected: 1933

The base is the relief works in bronze
Front is the Sun god center, with a serpent coiled around him, and an angels to his proper right blowing a storm and preparing to throw a lightning bolt, with various nudes and an angel - not sure what they are doing.

Rear: has the Sun god center with nude men, on the left, opening a sluice to irrigate, and on the right women working the fields.

End: A nude male holding a nude baby with his proper left arm petting the mane of a horse, while a nude female is bending over planting seeds in the ground.

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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 07/01/1933

Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]

Where is this sculpture?:
201 W. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, MO 65101

Sculptors Name: Robert Aitken
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