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Stewart, Albert,
Figure male -- Full length
Object -- Musical Instrument
Performing Arts -- Music
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Athens
Sculpture
The Fiddler, (sculpture).
Artist:
Stewart, Albert, sculptor.
Title:
The Fiddler, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Athens Fiddlers Association Statue, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989-1990. Copyrighted 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: ceramic, fiberglass; Base: brick.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 36 x 24 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 2 x 2 yd.
Inscription:
(On plaque on base:) ALBERT STEWART/SCULPTOR/BUD HALL/CHAIRMAN FIDDLERS ASSOC./MARY ENSIGN/(illegible inscription)/BRICKS DONATED BY TEXAS CLAY, IND. (On plaque on base:) COUNTY JUDGE WINSTON REAGAN/COMMISSIONER PCT. 1 - JIM BLAKENEY/COMMISSIONER PCT. II - FRED BOX/COMMISSIONER PCT. III - CLEBURN SHAVOR/COMMISSIONER PCT. IV - JOE YOUNG/TEXAS/SESQUICENTENNIAL/1836-1986/A SESQUICENTENNIAL PROJECT/J.R. (BOB) PICKLE COUNTY CHAIRMAN/DEDICATED TO/THE ATHENS FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION/BOB MCGEE CHAIRMAN unsigned
Description:
Full-length male figure. He is sitting down, his proper left leg crossed over his proper right leg. He wears a hat. He holds a fiddle in his proper left arm; in his proper right arm he holds a bow. The sculpture is made of ceramic; the bow is made of fiberglass. The sculpture sits on a pyramid-shaped brick base.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Violin
Performing Arts -- Music -- Violin
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Athens
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Henderson County Judges Office, Henderson County Courthouse, Athens, Texas 75751
Located Henderson County Courthouse Square, Athens, Texas
Remarks:
The sculpture was paid for with funds from the 1986 Texas sesquicentennial celebration and was erected in honor of the Annual Old Fiddlers Reunion held each May in Athens, TX. IAS files contain copy of related article from Daily Review (Athens, TX), Feb. 15, 1990.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000810
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000810
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