First Born

Artist: Don Bartlett
(completed by Sabra Tull Meyer and Mike Ruble in 1996)

Year: 1986

Materials: bronze

Location: Boone County Courthouse Square, Walnut and Eighth Streets, Columbia, MO

First Born

About the art

These three bronze figures symbolize the importance of human generations. The overall message of the work is that family is essential to the community. It is situated in a 7-foot-wide reflecting dish that serves as what the artist called a “light foundation.”