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    		• Norris, Jed,
     
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    		• Olesen, Don,
     
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    		• Ross, Cam,
     
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    		• Emmett Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Schmidt Construction Company,
     
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    		• Animal -- Cattle
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Homage -- Kruse, Albert
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Audubon
     
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    		• Billboard
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Albert the Bull, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Norris, Jed, designer.
    Olesen, Don, designer.
    Ross, Cam, painter.
    Emmett Manufacturing Company, contractor.
    Schmidt Construction Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Albert the Bull, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1963. Dedicated Oct. 31, 1964.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete, painted brown and white, over a welded steel frame; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 30 x 15 x 33 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 20 x 45 ft. (45 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base, front) "ALBERT THE BULL"/AUDUBON IOWA-50025
    Description: 
    Colossal-sized bull stands on a low, rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Cattle
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry
    Homage -- Kruse, Albert
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Audubon
    Billboard
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by City of Audubon, Office of the City Clerk, 410 North Park Place, Audubon, Iowa 50025
    Coadministered by Audubon Jaycees, Audubon, Iowa 50025
    Located Albert the Bull Campground, Audubon, Iowa
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Audubon Jaycees in recognition of the City's beef industry. The bull is named for Albert Kruse, a banker who marketed the industry. The sculpture was controversial because the local citizens were concerned that it would attract too much attention. Concerns were also raised about this, the choice of the Jaycees first community project, in favor of other community services. The frame was welded by the Emmett Manufacturing Company, the concrete applied by the Schmidt Construction Company and the land was donated by the City. The painting was done by Cam Ross.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1996.
    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 IA000248
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