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Beeler, Joe Neil,
Bronze Smith,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Other
Animal -- Horse
Dress -- Accessory
Landscape -- Plant
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Wickenburg
Sculpture
Thanks for the Rain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Beeler, Joe Neil, 1931- , sculptor.
Bronze
Smith
,
founder
.
Title:
Thanks for the Rain, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1971. Cast 1988. Dedicated Nov. 26, 1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture:
bronze
; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: 9 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 5 in.
Inscription:
(On front above base:) Joe Beeler (Molded on the back, above the base:)
Bronze
Smith
signed
Description:
A saddled and bridled horse stands behind a kneeling man. The man, dressed in a rainslicker, bandanna, shirt, pants and cowboy boots, kneels on his proper right knee. He holds a cowboy hat in his proper right hand. Prickly pear cactus and small shrubs are on the ground under the horse.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
Animal -- Horse
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Landscape -- Plant -- Cactus
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Wickenburg
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Maricopa County Historical Society, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 21 North Frontier Street, Wickenburg, Arizona 85390
Located Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Museum Park, intersection of State Highways 60, 93 and 89, Wickenburg, Arizona
Remarks:
A repair was made to the left proper rein in 1992. Nearby plaque reads: Joe Beeler/CA 1988. IAS files contain related material from Arizona Highways Magazine (March 1972): pg. 42. For related information see: Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West (Winter 1984): pg. 86.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Arizona Highways Magazine (March 1972): pg. 42.
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 AZ000443
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AZ000443
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