Explore the Historical background of this artwork, Bust of George Rogers Clark.
This bust was sculpted by David McLary in 1985, an Indianapolis-based artist and employee of the Indiana State Museum.
Using a casting process a mold was made of the sculpture and from this mold a preliminary cast was made.  After the cast went through a refining process a second mold was made from the preliminary cast. It is from this second cast that six other busts were cast and finished in a variety of fashions. There were eight total casts.  Other than the sculpture in the Indiana Statehouse, only two of the casts' whereabouts are known.  One bust was presented to the George Rogers Clark Elementary School in Clarksville, Indiana.  Upon the request of former Councilman John Minta, one bust was then presented to the Clarksville Town Hall.
John Minta Indiana Statehouse casting Clarksville, Indiana George Rogers Clark Indianapolis