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Hamilton, Jim,
Castleberry Art Foundry,
Animal -- Cattle
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
Sculpture
Texas Longhorn, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hamilton, Jim, sculptor.
Castleberry Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Texas Longhorn, (sculpture).
Dates:
1992. Dedicated Sept. 5, 1992.
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
Approx. 80 x 29 x 141 in.
Inscription:
(Behind rib cage, proper right side:) JHL '92 (The brand-like monogram has a horizontal bar through it) (On front of testicles:) CAST BY/CASTLEBERRY ART FOUNDRY (On left plaque in planter:) Dedicated to/The Texas Cowboys/Service Organization/by/Lynn and Peter Coneway/"Give the best you have to Texas,/and the best will come back to you."/September 5, 1992. (On right plaque in planter:) THE TEXAS LONGHORN/With his Fierce Independence, courage, and stubborn/endurance, the Longhorn embodies the frontier spirit/of the Texan. Tall, tough and full of fight, he is the/worthy emblem of a Free and noble State./Jim Hamilton, Sculptor The Ex-Students' Association/Dedicated September 5, 1992. (Additional names are incised in the rear sections of the animal) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Life-size sculpture of a longhorn steer stands in a planter.
Subject:
Animal -- Cattle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Texas at Austin, President's Office, Main Building, Room 400, P. O. Box T, Austin, Texas 78714
Located University of Texas at Austin, Alumni Center, left entrance, San Jacinto Street, south of 23rd Street, Austin, Texas 78712
Remarks:
Gift of the Ex-Students' Association. IAS files contain a transcription of the partially illegible inscriptions on the sculpture.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1995.
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 TX001127
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX001127
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