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Rosetta
"Cheetahs on the Run" Lifesize
Bronze

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"Turning Point" Lifesize
Bronze

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"Turning Point" Maquette
Bronze, Edition of 24
5.5" x 15" x 8"

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"Cheetah Sprint" Lifesize
Bronze

Also Available:
"Cheetah Sprint" Maquette
Bronze, Edition of 24
8" x 21" x 4"

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"Running Cheetah" Lifesize
Bronze, Edition of 10
34" x 115" x 17"

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"Running Cheetah Mini"
Bronze, Unlimited Edition
3" H x 9.5" L x 2" D

cheetahs on the run
Photograph by Mel Schockner.

Photograph by Mel Schockner.

Photograph by Mel Schockner.

The dedication of "Cheetahs on the Run" was an exciting time in Dowagiac, MI, for everyone involved in the town’s latest sculpture acquisition. Rosetta's three over-lifesized bronzes (“Running Cheetah” Lifesize, “Cheetah Sprint” Lifesize, and “Turning Point” Lifesize) had arrived earlier in their custom crates and the concrete footings were poured and ready for when Rosetta arrived to oversee the installation.

Located on top of a grassy knoll, running alongside the Amtrak tracks, the cheetahs are ready to race the trains heading to the station two blocks away. Temporarily braced in place prior to installation, the cheetahs were covered by cheetah-patterned bed-sheet covers (“sheetahs”), under wraps until the unveiling and dedication two days later. The landscaping had all been beautifully completed and everyone enjoyed a lovely warm, sunny morning for the impressive dedication ceremony orchestrated by the Dalton family who had commissioned the sculptures and donated them to Dowagiac in memory of their mother/grandmother, Helen Tremble. Helen was the founder of the family’s St. Denys Foundation, which provided the funds for the project.
The cheetahs were unveiled to many “oohs” and “aahs” as the sizable crowd was treated to anecdotes from Helen’s life and Rosetta gave a short speech to the Daltons and the town of Dowagiac, which had also placed Rosetta's “Stone Lion” Lifesize sculpture in a park a block away from the cheetahs in 2002.
Reports have it that “Cheetahs on the Run”, Dowagiac’s 9th, 10th, and 11th public sculptures, are very popular in town and that Amtrak will be pointing out the running felines to its passengers as they race toward the station together.

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