DNR photo by George Kastler

This bronze by Karl Bitter shows Robert Livingston (standing), James Monroe (seated), and Francis Barbe-Marbois signing the document more commonly known as the 'Louisiana Purchase' in which the United States purchased the land west of the Mississippi River.  The sculpture was originally designed for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and made out of staff, a temporary plaster and fiber material. It was recast in bronze for the Capitol Complex.