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Smay, Joe E.,
Wells, Juline Westheimer,
Neustadt, Doris Westheimer,
Neustadt, Walter,
Homage -- Westheimer, Max
Occupation -- Education
Occupation -- Transportation
Occupation -- Industry
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Norman
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Sculpture
Memorial to Max Westheimer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Smay, Joe E., architect.
Wells, Juline Westheimer, assistant.
Neustadt, Doris Westheimer, assistant.
Neustadt, Walter, assistant.
Title:
Memorial to Max Westheimer, (sculpture).
Dates:
1954.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete, stone, brass plaque, and metal letters, painted; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Column: approx. 42 x 2 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 46 in. x 30 ft. x 30 ft.; Wall: approx. 168 in. x 24 ft. x 61 in.
Inscription:
(On column, vertically attached:) MAX.WESTHEIMER (On brass plaque on east side of column:) MAX WESTHEIMER/FLYING FIELD/UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA/A MEMORIAL TO/MAX WESTHEIMER/ARDMORE OKLAHOMA/1897 1938/MERCHANT, RANCHER, OILMAN/PHILANTHROPIST/BY/JULINE WESTHEIMER WELLS/DORIS WESTHEIMER NEUSTADT/WALTER NEUSTADT/'FOR TRAINING OF STUDENTS AND/CITIZENS IN ALL LINES OF AERONAUTICAL ENDEAVOR'/A.D. 1954/JOE E. SMAY A.I.A.ARCHITECT (On wall:) FIELD/UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA unsigned
Description:
A tall column with bronze-color painted metal letters, on a raised concrete platform with flower beds. Five steps lead up to the platform on all sides. An additional part of the memorial is a stone wall across from the column, with painted metal letters.
Subject:
Homage -- Westheimer, Max
Occupation -- Education
Occupation -- Transportation -- Pilot
Occupation -- Industry -- Oil
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Norman
Obelisk
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Oklahoma, Landscaping and Grounds, Physical Plant, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
Located University of Oklahoma, Robinson Street & Newton Drive, north side of Robinson in the 900 block, Norman, Oklahoma
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1994.
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 OK000127
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OK000127
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