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Moore, Red,
Moore, Barb,
Sharp Signs Company,
Cartoon -- Comics
Object -- Vegetable
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Alma
Sculpture
Popeye, (sculpture).
Artist:
Moore, Red, 1933- , sculptor.
Moore, Barb, sculptor.
Sharp Signs Company, fabricator.
Title:
Popeye, (sculpture).
Dates:
1987.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: wire, papier-mache and painted fiberglass; Base: redwood.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 5 ft. x 2 ft. 8 in.
Inscription:
(On right face of base:) by Red & Barb Moore/1987/Mt. Burg, AR (On east face of base:) Alma Ark./SPINACH CAPITAL/of the/WORLD (On plaque inside shelter behind Popeye:) THE ALMA AREA/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/PRESENTS TO/GEORGE BOWLES/THIS EXPRESSION OF GRATEFUL/APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION FOR/HIS CONTINUED EFFORTS IN MAKING ALMA/THE SPINACH CAPITAL OF THE WORLD/AND FOR THE POPEYE STATUE THAT/GRACES OUR MAIN STREET/APRIL 18, 1991/WAYNE THOMPSON, PRESIDENT signed
Description:
A sculpture depicting cartoon character Popeye the Sailor. He stands looking toward his proper left, his proper left arm bent at the elbow holding a can of spinach at eye-level. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow as he rests his hand on his proper right hip. The sculpture is mounted on a square redwood base with a wooden niche around the figure of Popeye. Small circular windows resembling portholes appear on either side of the niche.
Subject:
Cartoon -- Comics -- Popeye
Object -- Vegetable -- Spinach
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Alma
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Alma Merchants Association, Alma, Arkansas 72921
Located Adjacent to 825 Fayetteville Street, Alma, Arkansas
Remarks:
Alma downtown merchants collected $2,400 in donations to install the sculpture on the town's main street across from the municipal complex. The sculpture highlights the city's self-proclaimed status as the "Spinach Capital of the World." The sculpture was ordered from Mountainburg's Sharp Signs Company. IAS files contain two related articles from the Southwest Times Record, Feb. 22, 1987, pg. 2A; and March 19, 1987.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas 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 AR000294
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AR000294
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