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    		• O'Meilia, Jay,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Dance
     
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    		• Dress -- Costume
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Oklahoma Indian Ballerina, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    O'Meilia, Jay, 1927- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Oklahoma Indian Ballerina, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Four Moons, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On ballerina's proper left toe shoe:) (artist's symbol) O'MEILIA / 1982 signed
    Description: 
    A ballet dancer in Native-American dress stands "en pointe" with her proper right leg forward. She raises her proper left arm up and reaches back with he proper right arm. Her hair is pulled back and she wears a feather in her hair. The base is a group of five cylinders of varying diameter and height. The figure stands with her proper right leg resting on one cylinder and her left leg on another. The sculpture is anchored in the ground with a stainless steel bar that extends from the figure's waist to more than three feet underground.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Performing Arts -- Dance -- Ballet
    Dress -- Costume -- Ballet Costume
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Tulsa, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 East 2nd Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
    Located Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 3rd & Cincinnati, Williams Green Plaza, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Remarks: 
    John H. Williams and Tulsa oilman John Brock were instrumental in raising the $80,000 to purchase the sculpture. The sculpture was originally titled "Four Moons" when it was unveiled at the Tulsa Ballet Theatre's performance honoring the state's Diamond Jubilee. IAS files contain a related article from the Tulsa Performing Arts Center's publication, Intermission (March 1995): pg. 22-23.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Intermission (March 1995): pg. 22.
    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 OK000155
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