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Pitsiri, Tasso,
Occupation -- Farm
Figure male -- Full length
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Kingfisher
Sculpture
The Farmer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Pitsiri, Tasso, 1937-1995, sculptor.
Title:
The Farmer, (sculpture).
Dates:
1976. Dedicated July 4, 1976.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: metal; Base: brick.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 78 x 52 x 40 in.; Base: approx. 29 x 52 x 40 in.
Inscription:
(Behind proper right foot, in script:) Tasso Pitsiri (On base, rear, top:) 1976 Keith Lowry-Henry Ellison/Post 5-American Legion (On plaque on base, front:) TASSO PITSIRI/SCULPTOR signed
Description:
Full-length figure of a farmer wearing work clothes and a plain, wide-rimmed hat, stands on a square base. He holds a pitchfork in both hands, using it to pitch hay.
Subject:
Occupation -- Farm -- Farmer
Figure male -- Full length
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Kingfisher
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Kingfisher County, County Commissioners, Sheridan Avenue & Main Street, Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750
Located Kingfisher County Courthouse, Northeast corner of Sheridan Avenue & Main Street, Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750
Remarks:
Sponsored by the American Legion and others. Plaque on brick wall behind sculpture reads: KINGFISHER COUNTY/1776 BICENTENNIAL 1976/MEMORIAL MONUMENT/DEDICATED TO ALL GENERATIONS/"A PAST TO REMEMBER/A FUTURE TO MOLD/AND A GOD TO GLORIFY."/MEMORIALIZING:/THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR OUR FREEDOM/THE FARMER/HE FEEDS THE WORLD/THE BELL/PROCLAIMING FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE LAND/(LEVITICUS XXV:10) (Lower plaque lists sponsors)
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
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 OK000187
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