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Helmick, Ralph,
Randall, Tom,
Argos, Inc.,
Portrait male -- Vaughan, Stevie Ray
Performing Arts -- Music
Object -- Musical Instrument
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
Sculpture
Stevie Ray Vaughan, (sculpture).
Artist:
Helmick, Ralph, 1952- , sculptor.
Randall, Tom, landscape architect.
Argos, Inc., founder.
Title:
Stevie Ray Vaughan, (sculpture).
Dates:
1993. Shadow installed July 28, 1993. Installed Nov. 19, 1993. Dedicated Nov. 21, 1993.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze with greenish-brown patina; Shadow: bronze; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 94 in. x 3 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Shadow: approx. 1 in. x 41 in. x 13 ft. 2.125 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 15 ft.
Inscription:
(On back, lower proper right of poncho:) ARGOS RALPH HELMICK 1993 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length portrait of Stevie Ray Vaughan. He wears a broad-brimmed hat, poncho and cowboy boots. He holds the top of an electric guitar with his proper left hand; the bottom of the guitar rests on the ground near his proper left foot. Underneath his proper left foot is the beginning of a bronze "shadow". The flat horizontal shadow extends across the top of the base behind the figure. The shadow figure appears to be playing the guitar, rather than holding it. The bronze sculpture stands atop a limestone base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Vaughan, Stevie Ray -- Full length
Performing Arts -- Music -- Guitar
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Guitar
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Austin, Parks & Recreation Department, Art in Public Places Program, 1110 Barton Springs Road, Suite 203, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas 78704
Located Auditorium Shores, Between South 1st Street & Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas
Remarks:
Vaughan, a blues-rock musician and native of Austin, died in a helicopter crash in 1990. Funds for the memorial sculpture were raised through private donations from around the world. IAS files contain copies of related groundbreaking ceremony program; and related articles from Austin American-Statesman, May 27, and Nov. 2 and 4, 1993.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The New York Times, Jan. 29, 1995.
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 TX001161
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX001161
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