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Utah sculptor spends his own final years depicting the 'culmination of Christ's life'

A sculpture that is part of a larger work called “The Ancient Ones (Anasazi),” which went on to become a 20-foot high monument at the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado, sits in front of other sculptures at the late sculptor Edward Fraughton’s studio in West Jordan on Aug. 15.

A sculpture that is part of a larger work called “The Ancient Ones (Anasazi),” which went on to become a 20-foot high monument at the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado, sits in front of other sculptures at the late sculptor Edward Fraughton’s studio in West Jordan on Aug. 15. (Brice Tucker, Deseret News )


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Edward Fraughton's last masterpiece is photographed for the first time by the Deseret News — a sculpture that the late, award-winning artist dreamed of becoming a monument one day in his home state.

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