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    		• Proctor, A. Phimister,
     
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    		• Blaesing Granite Company,
     
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    		• Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Roosevelt, Theodore
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Theodore Roosevelt, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Proctor, A. Phimister, 1862-1950, sculptor.
    Blaesing Granite Company, contractor.
    Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Theodore Roosevelt, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Rough Rider, (sculpture).
    Roughrider, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1922. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1922. Rededicated Oct. 1964.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: California light grey Raymond granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 3 x 9 ft.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. x 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (East side of sculpture:) Alexander Phimster (sic) Proctor Sc./(copyright symbol) 1922 (West side of base:) Gift to the city of Portland by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe. (North end of base:) THEODORE ROOSEVELT/ROUGH RIDER (Inscribed plaque follows) signed
    Description: 
    Figure of Theodore Roosevelt mounted on a horse. He is wearing a cavalry uniform with wide brimmed hat and eyeglasses. There is a sword on his proper left side and a pistol in holster at his proper right hip.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Roosevelt, Theodore -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Military -- Colonel
    Occupation -- Writer -- Author
    Equestrian
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Portland, Metropolitan Arts Commission, 1120 S.W. 5th Avenue, Suite 1023, Portland, Oregon 97204
    Located South Park Blocks, Between Jefferson & Madison Streets, and S.W. 9th & Park Avenues, Portland, Oregon
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift to Portland from Dr. Henry Waldo Coe (1857-1927), philanthropist, owner of a mental hospital, and friend, admirer, and political cohort of Theordore Roosevelt. The monument cost $40,000. The groundbreaking ceremony was performed by Vice-President Calvin coolidge on August 15, 1922. The sculpture was the subject of a film, "The Making of a Bronze Statue," created by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to document the process of creating a bronze monument. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program and text of the plaque on the base, as well as articles from the Oregon Journal (Portland, OR), Nov. 11, 1922, pg. 1, 3, and The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR), Nov. 12, 1922, pg. 1, 12, 13, which discusses the dedication; the Oregon Journal, Oct. 29, 1964, which discusses rededication by the Daughters of the American Revolution; Encore Magazine of the Arts (Portland, OR edition) 3 (Summer 1979); The Oregonian (Portland, OR), Sept. 27, 1983, pg. B4, which discusses A. J. Buttrey, who modeled for Roosevelt's legs; and The Oregonian (Portland, OR), April 8, 1993, pg. D1, which includes a photo and caption about a cleaning of the sculpture. IAS files also contain excerpts from Alexander Phimister Proctor's autobiography, "Alexander Phimister Proctor: Sculptor in Buckskin," Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971, pg. 182-183; and Eugene E. Snyder's "Portland Potpourri: Art, Fountains & Old Friends," Portland OR: Binford & Mort Publishing, 1991, pg. 98-103.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Oregon Historical Society, 1976.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OR7009, 1989.
    Monumental News, Dec., 1920; May, 1923.
    Gleason, Norma Catherine & Chet Orloff, "Portland's Public Art: a guide and history," [Portland, OR]: Western Imprints, [1983], pg. 101-103.
    SOS Achievement Award, 2000.
    Church, Phimister Proctor, 2000.
    SOS Achievement Award, 2002.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Oregonian (Portland, OR), April 29, 1993.
    Monumental News, May, 1923, pg. 283.
    Related Works: 
    For model see: 75006529.
    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 75007628
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