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McDonald, Doug,
McDonald, Sandra,
Shantz, Lamar,
Parker, Walter,
Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry,
Portrait male -- Frizzell, Lefty
Performing Arts -- Music
Performing Arts -- Music
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Corsicana
Sculpture
Lefty Frizzell, (sculpture).
Artist:
McDonald, Doug, sculptor.
McDonald, Sandra, sculptor.
Shantz, Lamar, contractor.
Parker, Walter, contractor.
Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry, founder.
Title:
Lefty Frizzell, (sculpture).
Dates:
1992. Copyrighted 1992. Dedicated March 31, 1992.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite, concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 49 in. x 48 in. x 8 ft. (760 lbs.)
Inscription:
(On top of self-base:) "LEFTY" (copyright symbol) DOUG McDONALD/AND SANDRA McDONALD/CANNEL STREN Hoka Hey (On front of base:) WILLIAM ORVILLE/"LEFTY"/FRIZZELL/BORN IN CORSICANA TEXAS/MAR 31, 1928/DIED IN NASHVILLE, TENN/JULY 19, 1975 (On back of base:) LEFTY FRIZZELL MEMORIAL/COMMITTEE/DON STEELY BOBBY FLUKER/CO-CHAIRMEN/ROY MILLER, JR./SECRETARY/(followed by twelve names)/MURFREESBORO, TENN./NAVARRO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/SPONSOR/DOUG AND SANDRA McDONALD - SCULPTORS (On east side of base:) MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS/(followed by sixteen names) (On west side of base:) "THERE IS REALLY NO WAY I CAN/DESCRIBE THE EFFECT LEFTY HAD ON/AUDIENCES BACK IN THOSE DAYS. HE/HAD THE SOUL OF HANK WILLIAMS, THE/APPEAL OF JOHNNY CASH, AND THE/CHARISMA OF ELVIS PRESLEY./HE HAD IT ALL - BRILLIANCE AND CLARITY."/FROM THE MERLE HAGGARD BIOGRAPHY/"SING ME BACK HOME"/BY MERLE HAGGARD/PEGGY RUSSELL/TIME BOOKS - PUBLISHERS signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length portrait of William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell. He wears a suit, string (bolo) tie and cowboy boots. A guitar hangs from his proper left shoulder and he strums the guitar with his proper right hand. The bronze sculpture stands atop a granite base which sits on a concrete pad.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Frizzell, Lefty -- Full length
Performing Arts -- Music -- Voice
Performing Arts -- Music -- Guitar
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Corsicana
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Navarro County Historical Society, Pioneer Village, 912 West Park Avenue, Corsicana, Texas 75110
Located Jester Park, Between 15th Street & 19th Street, Corsicana, Texas
Remarks:
Frizzell, a country-western star, was born in Corsicana. The sculpture is part of a larger memorial to Frizzell located in the park. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Corsicana Daily Sun, Feb. 21, March 30, and April 1, 1992. IAS files contain transcriptions of donor and committee member names listed on base.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Corsicana Daily Sun, April 1, 1992.
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 TX001042
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