About This Piece

The Sopris Memorial originally consisted of a bench statue and pool, however the is not filled in. The granite bench 179″ long curves in at each end, ending in a pedestall the same height as the bench. These two pedestals each a have a bronze bracket of the top (these once held bronze fountains that are not gone). At the center of the bench is a granite pedestal (24″x24″x44″) with the plaque mentioned before. The bronze sculpture, on the top of the pedestal consists of a 20″x20″2″ bronze platform wiht a sundial. At the back left corner stands a full figure 34″ nude by who’s body is angles to the center of the platform and is slightly bent. His arms are stretched out at a 30 degree angle from his body. His is looking at his hands which once must have held something.