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    		• Campbell, Kenneth Floyd,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Skelly, William Grove
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
     
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    		• Exedra
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    William Grove Skelly, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Campbell, Kenneth Floyd, 1925- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    William Grove Skelly, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1958. Dedicated Sept. 27, 1958.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with brown-green patina; Base: polished black granite; Exedra: gray granite or marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 20 in. x 20 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 72 x 72 in.; Exedra: approx. 8 1/2 ft. x 48 in. x 10 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plinth:) KENNETH F. CAMPBELL 1958 (On plaque on base:) WILLIAM GROVE SKELLY/"A LOYAL AND DEVOTED FRIEND/OF THE LAND AND FARM YOUTH" (On plaque on rear of exedra:) THIS STATUE SPONSORED/BY/THE TULSA FARM CLUB/ (List of members follows) ERECTED SEPTEMBER 27, 1958 signed
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of William G. "Bill" Skelly stands on a square base in front of an exedra. The figures wears a three-piece suit, tie, watch chain, cuffed trousers and glasses. His proper left hand is in his coat pocket and his proper right thumb is hooked into the watch pocket of his vest.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Skelly, William Grove -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Oil
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
    Exedra
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Tulsa County, Public Facilities Authority, Tulsa Fairgrounds, 21st & Pittsburg, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104
    Located Tulsa State Fairgrounds, Exchange Center, Building no. 3, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the Tulsa Farm Club in memory of William G. Skelly in honor of his work with the Club. SOS! survey lists both granite and marble as the exedra media.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Tulsa World, Sept. 28, 1958, pg. 1.
    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 OK000272
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