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Anderwald, Norma Jean,
Smith, Thomas O., Jr.,
Wurzbach, Earl,
Duffield, Norman,
OMC Industries,
Figure male -- Full length
Equestrian
Occupation -- Other
Animal -- Cattle
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Bandera
Sculpture
The Bandera County Champions Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Anderwald, Norma Jean, sculptor.
Smith, Thomas O., Jr., engineer.
Wurzbach, Earl, fabricator.
Duffield, Norman, fabricator.
OMC Industries, founder.
Title:
The Bandera County Champions Monument, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete, limestone and masonry.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 2 ft. 4 in. x W. 3 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(Within emblem on top center of plaque on front of base:) HONORING ALL COWBOYS/DEDICATED TO THOSE COWBOY CHAMPIONS/FROM/BANDERA COUNTY, TEXAS/COWBOY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (Right side of plaque, text and names of cowboys) TOOTS MANSFIELD/RAY WHARTON/BUDDY GROFF/SCOOTER FRIES/CLAY BILLINGS/TODD WHITEWOOD/JIMMY ADAMS unsigned
Description:
A horse and cowboy, roping a calf, are mounted on a tall base with a relief plaque on front. The cowboy stands in the stirrup on the proper right side of his horse, roping a calf that runs in front of him. The cowboy holds the rope with his proper right hand and the saddle with his proper left hand. The sculpture is mounted on a tapered rectangular base and enclosed in a structure of wire mesh with a tin roof. The base features a relief plaque with emblem, and a relief of a cowboy standing, holding a coiled rope in his right hand and leaning on a railing with his left arm.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Equestrian
Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
Animal -- Cattle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Bandera
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Bandera County Chamber of Commerce, P. O. Box 171, Bandera, Texas 78003
Located Bandera County Courthouse, Lawn, Bandera, Texas
Remarks:
The memorial was created through the efforts of the 1982 Cowboy Homecoming and Monument Committee, and sponsored by the Bandera County Chamber of Commerce. The monument honors champion cowboys Toots Mansfield, Buddy Groff, Ray Wharton, Scooter Fries, Clay Billings, Todd Whitewood and Jimmy Adams, and those who support them. Bandera is "The Cowboy Capital of the World". Norma Jean Anderwald designed the bronze plaque, using the theme of a champion belt buckle. Earl Wurzbach and Norman Duffield of OMC Industries fabricated the sculpture. Thomas O. Smith, Jr. engineered and built the base.
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 TX000745
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