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Guttenberg, IA
"Jolly Ridge" (aka Inspiration Point) - Paul Friedlein
1885-1984
Environment with rocks
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Information:
Built: c. mid 1950's - 70's
After suffering a debilitating hip injury during his professional wrestling career, Paul Friedlein built his stone grotto and home that over look the Mississippi River, one rock at a time...on his hands and knees.
The grotto includes stones that were cut with a diamond saw and inset into cement to create a tableau or reliefs of each of the 14 neighbors, complete with unique imagery of each of the families professions. It also includes a sculpted "family tree" with his sisters represented by a triangular form, and brothers rectangular. Stones on the sides represent each niece or nephew. Larger sculptures represent Mother and Father.
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Bibliography:
On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "Neighborly Northerners", KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 1996-2001.
"Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Environments" by Roger Manley and Mark Sloan, Aperture, New York, 1997.
"American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003.
"Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia" by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009. |
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