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Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies
''Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies'' (also known as the Wild Horse Monument) is a public art sculpture created by David Govedare in 1989–1990 and situated near Vantage, Washington. It consists of 15 life-size steel horses which appear to be galloping across a ridge above the Columbia River. Presented as a gift for the centenary of Washington's statehood, the sculpture was conceived as a memorial to the wild horses which once roamed the region. According to the ''Seattle Times'', it is one of the most-seen public artworks in Washington state.
==Design==
The original design was for a 36-foot-high tipped basket with two horses still inside and 16 more galloping away from it, a gift from the Grandfather Spirit. In Govedare's imagined tale, the Grandfather Spirit says as he tips the basket:
Creatures of this planet, behold, a Great Basket! I send this basket, bearing the gift of life, to all corners of the universe. Now, take these ponies; I am cutting them loose. They will inspire a spirit of free will. They will be a companion for work and play on this planet.〔
The basket was to be decorated by local artists with designs of people, leaping salmon, and running deer, "a sort of futuristic Noah's Ark", as Govedare said in 1988.〔Webster, Dan (1 May 1988). ("Sculptor Govedare Wants to Free the Ponies" ). ''Spokesman-Review'', p. C10. Retrieved 21 July 2014.〕 However, funds ran out and the basket has yet to be erected. The 15 life-size horses which comprise the sculpture (as of 2014) are made from half-inch-thick panels of COR-TEN steel, a special iron alloy that rusts on the surface but still retains its structural integrity. The horses, now colored a rich red from oxidation and each weighing approximately 1000 pounds, are welded to four-foot-long metal poles set into the ridge on which the sculpture stands.〔Associated Press (7 October 1990). ("Sculpture begins ride on river bluff" ). ''The Bulletin'', p. A7. Retrieved 21 July 2014.〕〔''Ellensburg Daily Record'' (20 November 1987). ("Centennial monument gets support" ), p. 3. Retrieved 21 July 2014.〕〔
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