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    		• Vinklarek, John,
     
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    		• Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male & Child
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Angelo
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Helping Hands, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Vinklarek, John, sculptor.
    Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Helping Hands, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985 or 1986.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On top of plinth, incised:) J. Vinklarek '85 (On lower back of sculpture:) "Moka Hey/Fine Arts" (On bronze plaque on front of base, raised:) "HELPING HANDS"/SAN ANGELO FIRE FIGHTERS COMMEMORATIVE STATUE/IN HONOR OF ALL TEXAS FIRE FIGHTERS/PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE/1885--1985/HELPING HANDS theme submitted by/Bradford Elementary School/STATUE COMMITTEE/James T. Bryson/(left column:) John Faller/Charles McDaniels/(right column:) Stefan Weiss/Mikel Watts/(below columns:) Artist John Vin Klarek (sic) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A fireman in uniform holds a child in his arms. The sculpture is mounted on a square base with a plaque on the front.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male & Child
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Angelo
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    City of San Angelo, P. O. Box 1751, City Hall, San Angelo, Texas 76903
    Remarks: 
    In honor of past, present and future Texas firefighters. The theme for the sculpture was presented by the Bradford Elementary school. There is a disagreement on the date for this sculpture. SOS! survey reports execution date of 1986, but marks on sculpture indicate 1985.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.
    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 TX000585
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