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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Barras, Joseph,     Figure male -- Full length     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Homage -- Witte, K. L.     Occupation -- Medicine     Object -- Toy     Dress -- Uniform     Bench     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Leland     Sculpture

(Memorial to Dr. Witte), (sculpture). Artist:  Barras, Joseph, sculptor. Title:  (Memorial to Dr. Witte), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Football Player, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1936. Dedicated autumn 1955. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: concrete; Base: brick and mortar. Inscription:  (On plaque on base, raised:) THE K. L. WITTE MEMORIAL FOOTBALL FIELD/NAMED AND DEDICATED IN HONOR OF/DR. K. L. WITTE/TEAM PHYSICIAN 1922-54/SEPTEMBER 7, 1956/IN RECOGNITION OF HIS UNTIRING INTEREST IN/ATHLETICS AND HIS SERVICE TO LELAND BOYS AND GIRLS./(Additional text follows) unsigned Description:  Standing figure of football player dressed in old-fashioned uniform. He wears a long-sleeved jersey, knee-length belted pants that lace up the front, and laced high-top shoes with rolled socks. He holds a football at waist level in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is at his side. Figure is supported in back from the waist down by a curved pillar, and is mounted on top of a base flanked by benches. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Football Homage -- Witte, K. L. Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform Object Type:  Bench Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Leland Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Leland Public Schools, 404 East 3rd, Leland, Mississippi Located Leland High School, Highway 82 West, Football field, Leland, Mississippi Remarks:  Statue was located on front of school gymnasium from 1936 to 1955. IAS files contain full transcription of text on plaque. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MS000122   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000122 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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