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Wiley Post, (sculpture). Artist:  McMurry, Leonard, 1913- , sculptor. Willis, J. R., contractor. Title:  Wiley Post, (sculpture). Dates:  1962. Copyrighted 1962. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: brown-speckled polished granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 100 x 37 x 37 in.; Base: approx. 38 x 41 x 41 in. Inscription:  Leonard McMurry (copyright symbol) 1962 (On book, behind the figure:) Air Navigation (On front of base under the relief of an airplane:) WILEY POST/1898-1935/Barnstormer-Test Pilot-Speed Flier-Globe Conqueror/Pioneer of Pressurized Flight (Inscriptions on each side of base) signed Description:  Standing figure of Wiley Post, dressed in a suit jacket, cuffed trousers, necktie, shirt and boots. He has an eye patch over his proper left eye. Proper right hand is in proper right pants pocket. Behind his proper left foot rests a globe, maps, aviation instruments and a book with inscriptions. Front of the base has a relief figure of Wiley Post and his airplane, the Winnie Mae, near an airplane hangar. Right side of base depicts a relief bronze inset of the Alaskan site where Post's plane crashed. Back of base has bronze inset showing atmospheric layers and how Post flew through them. Left side of base has relief bronze inset showing Post's world flight path. Subject:  Portrait male -- Post, Wiley -- Full length Occupation -- Transportation -- Pilot Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Written Matter -- Map Object -- Other -- Globe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Oklahoma Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Oklahoma City, Parks and Recreation Department, 420 West Main, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Located Oklahoma City Civic Center, 201 Channing Square, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Remarks:  Eight small bronze plaques along the front and sides of the base note Wiley Post's accomplishments in aviation. One of the plaques notes that a time capsule was buried beneath it on July 8, 1966. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma 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 OK000106   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000106 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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