Call NumberC-43CreatorCollier, JosephDate1893-1910SummaryThe "Closing Era," a bronze statue of a Native American man standing over a slain buffalo, stands on the east lawn of the Colorado State Capitol building between East 14th (Fourteenth) and Colfax avenues and Lincoln and Grant streets in Denver, Colorado. The Capitol Building is in the background|people walk on the sidewalk. The statue was sculpted by artist John Preston Powers for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago|poet John Greenleaf Whittier named the piece. After the exposition, the statue was brought to Denver and displayed as public art.Physical Description1 photonegative : glass |20 x 13 cm (8 x 5 in.)SubjectIndians of North America--Colorado--DenverDenver (Colo.)Capitols--Colorado--DenverSculpture--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR700130043Type of MaterialGlass negativesNotesEmulsion is flaking from side edges of glass plate. Title supplied by cataloger. R7001300437Languageeng
Collier, Joseph, Closing Era monument (1893-1910). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 29/04/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1121154
