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Gold Peanut, (sculpture). Artist:  Godwin, Larry, 1934- , sculptor. Godwin, Ronald, sculptor. Gayhart, Joe, assistant. Title:  Gold Peanut, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated May 12, 1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: welded gilded steel; Base: polished and rough-hewn marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On plaque on top of base:) HOUSTON COUNTY/SPIRIT OF SERVICE (On plaque on bottom base:) SOUTHTRUST BANK OF DOTHAN/1993 PROJECT unsigned Description:  Larger than life-size gilded peanut stands on a two-tiered base. The base tiers are polished on the top and rough-hewn on the sides. Subject:  Object -- Foodstuff -- Nuts Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Dothan Sculpture Owner:  Owned by City of Dothan, Dothan, Alabama Administered by Southtrust Bank, 1820 Montgomery Highway, P. O. Box 809, Dothan, Alabama 36302 Located Dothan Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Visitor Information Center, Ross Clark Circle between Highways 84 & 231, Dothan, Alabama Remarks:  Commissioned by the Southtrust Bank as their 1993 Spirit of Service project. The sculpture is based on a drawing by Joe Gayhart. The peanut was chosen because of the economic importance of the peanut crop to the community. IAS files include a related article from the Dothan Progress, May 19, 1993 and photographs of the work in progress. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. The Dothan Progress (Dothan, AL), May 19, 1993, pg. 12-A. 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 AL000298   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000298 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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