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Artist/Creator (1)	Ziolkowski, Korczak (1908-1982)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor, designer
Title/Caption	Spirit of Crazy Horse
Variant Title/Caption	Crazy Horse Monument; Crazy Horse Memorial
Date of Work	Begun 1948. Dedicated June 3, 1948.
Description of View	Model of sculpture with view of mountain in background
Notes	Located Thunderhead Mountain, Custer County, Black Hills of South Dakota. Sponsor/Developer: A non-profit cultural and educational memorial was created by the artist as the vehicle for obtaining financial support to memorialize the Indians of North America who lost their lives defending their land. All funds contributed to the construction of the Crazy Horse Memorial have come from private sources. The artist and his family have rejected offers from the federal government to finance this project. Fees charged to visitors to the site and revenues from a complex of museums, a restaurant and several gift shops provide much of the project's funding. Project Description: Constructed as a figurative memorial to the Indian chief Crazy Horse, this is the largest figurative sculptural undertaking in the world. When completed it will be 563 feet high and 641 feet long. 'My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man had great heroes too' (brochure produced by Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation). These words were spoken by Henry Standing Bear in his invitation to Ziolkowski to carve the Crazy Horse sculpture. The figurative sculpture of Crazy Horse is being carved in the round. Since 1949, nearly eight million tons of rock have been removed. Compressor-powered jackhammers, dynamite and bulldozers have been used by the artist and his family to 'carve' this sculpture out of the mountain. Mount Rushmore would fit in the space between the outstretched arm of Crazy Horse and the horse's mane. Project History: Ziolkowski spent 37 years planning and building this memorial. He began his work at the invitation of the Sioux Chiefs. The artist and his family lived at the site, and family members have continued his work. The project is approximately 25% completed; there is no set target date for its completion.
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	granite
Dimensions	ca. 563 ft. x 641 ft.
Century	20th - 21st Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Crazy Horse, South Dakota (United States)
Location.Current Repository	Crazy Horse Memorial
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public sculpture Memorials Monuments Portraits, male Figures, male Native Americans (representations) American Indians (representations) Animals Horses
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	Contemporary Monuments and Memorials
Reference Number	Art on File MM-11(3)-1
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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