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Bryant, Jack,
Bryant Art Foundry,
Portrait male -- Ryan, Nolan
Occupation -- Sport
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Alvin
Sculpture
Nolan Ryan, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bryant, Jack, 1929- , sculptor.
Bryant Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Nolan Ryan, (sculpture).
Dates:
1992.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Pitching mound: metal.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 6 ft. 4 in. x W. 29 in.; Pitching mound: approx. W. 79 in.
Inscription:
(On front of hat:) T (On back of figure's shirt:) RYAN/34 (On front of figure's shirt:) TEXAS (On back of figure's shoes:) NIKE (On pitcher's mound, in cursive, perhaps Ryan's signature:) Nolan Ryan/By JACK BRYANT 1992/Bryant's Art Foundry/Azle, Tx. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length figure of baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan, wearing a Texas Ranger uniform. Ryan is standing on a pitcher's mound, in a pitching stance with his proper left knee and leg raised almost to his chest. A baseball glove on his proper left hand is at waist-level. His proper right hand is curled in the pocket of the glove. On the pitcher's mound is a pitching rubber and a rosin bag.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Ryan, Nolan
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Sport
--
Baseball
Dress
--
Uniform
--
Sports Uniform
Dress
--
Accessory
--
Protective
Gear
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Texas
--
Alvin
Sculpture
Owner:
City of Alvin, 216 West Sealy, City Hall, Alvin, Texas 77511
Remarks:
Statue commemorates Nolan Ryan, native and resident of Alvin, Texas. Baseball's strikeout leader, Ryan played for both the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers. IAS files contain a newsclipping from the April 4, 1992, Longview News-Journal (Texas).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000183
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000183
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