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Ant Farm,
Michels, Doug,
Lord, Chip,
Marquez, Hudson,
Architecture -- Vehicle
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Amarillo
Site-specific
Sculpture
Cadillac Ranch, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ant Farm, design firm.
Michels, Doug, 1943-2003, sculptor.
Lord, Chip, 1944- , sculptor.
Marquez, Hudson, 1947- , sculptor.
Title:
Cadillac Ranch, (sculpture).
Dates:
1974.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Painted Cadillacs.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Site installation of ten Cadillacs buried nose down and tail fins up. The cars are of various vintage, from 1948-1964. The cars are buried in a long row in a wheat field.
Subject:
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Automobile
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Amarillo
Site-specific
Sculpture
Owner:
Owned by Marsh, Stanley, III, Box 12077, Texas American Bank Building, Amarillo, Texas 79101
Located Stanley Marsh Ranch, Amarillo, Texas
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by Stanley Marsh III and is located on his ranch along Route 66. The cars were purchased locally for a cost averaging $200 per car. In 1989 the sculpture was painted gray for the filming of a television commercial. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Chip Lord's "Automerica: a Trip Down U.S. Highways from World War II to the Future", New York: Dutton, 1976. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Globe News (Amarillo, TX) Nov. 28, 1989 and Nov. 24, 1992. For further reading see Texas Monthly, July 1994.
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 TX000806
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000806
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