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    		• Hucks, Jack,
     
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    		• Davis, John E.,
     
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    		• Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry,
     
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    		• Bailey-Harris Construction Company,
     
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    		• Davis, Black and Associates,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Auburn
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    War Eagle, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hucks, Jack, sculptor.
    Davis, John E., architect.
    Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry, founder.
    Bailey-Harris Construction Company, contractor.
    Davis, Black and Associates, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    War Eagle, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Dec. 2, 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze and painted metal; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 25 x 12 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. x Diam. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base, raised:) WAR EAGLE/"WAR EAGLE FLY DOWN THE FIELD,/EVER TO CONQUER, NEVER TO YIELD./WAR EAGLE FEARLESS AND TRUE,/FIGHT ON YOU ORANGE AND BLUE..."/COMMISSIONED BY:/ROY SEWELL - CLASS OF '22./MUSIC & LYRICS BY:/ROBERT ALLEN & AL STILLMAN/DEDICATED ON DECEMBER 2, 1989,/ON THE OCCASION OF THE/1ST. AUBURN - ALABAMA FOOTBALL GAME/PLAYED IN AUBURN./JACK HUCKS - SCULPTOR/DAVIS, BLACK & ASSOCIATES, INC./ARCHITECTS/J. E. DAVIS, III - CONSULTANT (In square with emblem:) WAR EAGLE/CAST BY/HOKA HEY (Second plaque on base, raised:) GIFT/OF/LEWIS P. WHITE '48 SPONSOR/AND/(list of sponsors in two columns)
    Description: 
    Bronze sculpture of eagle in flight on top of a supporting metal arc. The eagle's talons are extended and the wings are outstretched.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Allegory -- Civic -- War
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Auburn
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Auburn University, Facilities Division, Auburn, Alabama 36849
    Located Auburn University, In front of Eaves-Memorial Coliseum, Auburn, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    The War Eagle sculpture was a gift to Auburn University from Lewis P. White, Class of 1948, and others. It was presented as a symbol of the "Auburn Spirit" for all students, alumni, and supporters. The sculptor for the eagle was Jack Hucks, and it was cast at the Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry in Dublin, Texas. The architect for the arc and the base was John E. Davis, Class of 1939, of Davis, Black & Associates of Birmingham, and the contractor was Bailey-Harris Construction Company of Auburn. IAS files contain a copy of the program for the dedication ceremony, December 2, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    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 AL000113
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