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Clark Memorials,
Nellums, Kenny,
Sheidon Bronze Corporation,
Portrait male -- Bryant, Paul W.
Occupation -- Sport
Dress -- Accessory
Relief
Stele
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
Sculpture
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, (sculpture).
Artist:
Clark Memorials, fabricator.
Nellums, Kenny, designer.
Sheidon Bronze Corporation, founder.
Title:
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Paul "Bear" Bryant Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1986. 1987. Dedicated Sept. 19, 1987.
Medium:
Busts: bronze; Stele: Barre granite.
Dimensions:
Busts: approx. H. 24 in. x Diam. 4 1/2 in.; Stele: approx. 12 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. (18,000 lbs.)
Inscription:
(On north face:) "IF YOU BELIEVE IN/YOURSELF AND HAVE/DEDICATION AND PRIDE/AND NEVER QUIT,/YOU'LL BE A WINNER."/COACH PAUL W. "BEAR" BRYANT/UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA/1958-1982 (On south face:) COACH PAUL W. "BEAR" BRYANT/UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA/1958-1982/"AMERICANS HAVE LOST A HERO WHO ALWAYS/SEEMED LARGER THAN LIFE. A COACH WHO/MADE LEGENDS OUT OF ORDINARY PEOPLE./HE WAS A HARD BUT LOVED TASKMASTER,/PATRIOTIC TO THE CORE, DEVOTED TO/HIS PLAYERS AND INSPIRED BY A/WINNING SPIRIT THAT WOULD NOT QUIT./"BEAR" BRYANT GAVE HIS COUNTRY THE GIFT/OF A LIFE UNSURPASSED/THE IMPOSSIBLE SEEMED./HE LIVED WHAT WE STRIVE TO BE."/PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Relief busts of Coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant appear on the north and south faces of a stele. The figure wears a hat, shirt and necktie.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Bryant, Paul W. -- Bust
Occupation -- Sport -- Coach
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Relief
Stele
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
Sculpture
Owner:
City of Birmingham, Board of Parks and Recreation, Legion Field, 400 Graymont Avenue, Gate 7, Birmingham, Alabama 35204
Remarks:
Commissioned by the University of Alabama Athletic Club Foundation in 1986 in memory of Paul W. "Bear" Bryant (1913-1983), a football coach at the University of Alabama from 1958-1982. Cost was approximately $80,000, with $10,000 allocated by the City of Birmingham. Funds were raised by public subscription, and donors' names are in a record book which is part of the memorial. Kenny Nellums created the original art design for the bust and planned the surrounding landscape. Busts were cast by the Sheidon Bronze Corporation. Reports and sources conflict on whether the stele medium is Georgia or Barre granite. IAS files include related articles from the Birmingham News, the Birmingham Post-Herald and the Tuscaloosa News, a press release from the A-Club and drawings and documentation from Clark Memorials.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000243
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