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    		• Gibson, Blaine,
     
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    		• Terry, Rick,
     
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    		• Schutts, Jack,
     
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    		• Schutts, Magee & Riddle,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Rayburn, Sam
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Bonham
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Sam Rayburn, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gibson, Blaine, 1918-2015, sculptor.
    Terry, Rick, assistant.
    Schutts, Jack, architect.
    Schutts, Magee & Riddle, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Sam Rayburn, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1990. Dedicated Sept. 14, 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. x 31 in.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. 7 in. x W. 3 ft. 11 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of self-base:) B. Gibson, 1990 (On front of granite base:) SAM RAYBURN/1882-1961 signed
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of Sam Rayburn. He wears a suit and tie. In his proper left hand he holds a piece of unfurled paper. In his proper right hand he holds a gavel. The bronze sculpture stands atop a square, polished gray granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Rayburn, Sam -- Full-length
    Occupation -- Political -- Congressman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Bonham
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Sam Rayburn Foundation, Sam Rayburn Library, West Sam Rayburn, Bonham, Texas 75418
    Located Sam Rayburn Library, NE intersection of Chinner Street & Highway 82, Bonham, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Rayburn was Speaker of the House in the United States Congress for seventeen years. The sculpture is one component of a larger landscaping project for the Rayburn Library. The landscaping project, which cost $550,000, included this sculpture and a sculptural plaza. The project was overseen by Jack Schutts of Schutts, Magee & Riddle, and was funded by the Sid W. Richardson Foundation and the Anne Burnett and Charles Tandy Foundation. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Denison Daily Herald, March 12, 1990; and the Bonham Daily Favorite, March 11 and Sept. 12 1990.
    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 TX000821
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