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Josset, Raoul,
Page, & Southerland,
History -- United States
Figure group
Occupation -- Hunter
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Industry
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Griffin
Relief
Stele
Sculpture
Fort Griffin Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Josset, Raoul, 1899-1957, sculptor.
Page, & Southerland, architectural firm.
Title:
Fort Griffin Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1936.
Medium:
Relief panel: bronze; Stele: Texas pink granite.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 14 ft. x 6 ft. x 2 ft. 9 in.
Inscription:
(On bronze relief panel:) "Fort Griffin/Shackelford County Texas/July 31, 1867-May 31, 1881/Established by brevet Colonel Sturgis/acting under orders of Lieutenant/General Charles Griffin, Commander/Sixth U.S. Cavalry and commander/frontier area, for whom named./Headquarters of companies A, F, & G,/11th infantry and two companies 4th/cavalry, U.S. army during final conquest/of savage Indian Tribes 1867 - 1876."/"In the Valley below lies tow of/Fort Griffin/Seat of west Texas civilization./Famous as headquarters for buffalo/hunters, government surveyors, and/Pioneers. Principal supply station for trail drivers on Fort Griffin-Fort/Dodge cattle trail, the longest on/the continent."/"Erected by the State of Texas 1936/with funds appropriated by/the federal Government/to commemorate one hundred years/of Texas Independence."/(In first column:) 1836 (In second column:) 1936/"in honor of the/true western spirit"
Description:
A long relief panel is inset vertically on the face of a tapered stele. The panel contains figures representing the pioneers, buffalo hunters and surveyors headquartered at Fort Griffin who opened West Texas to Anglo-American settlement.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Texas
Figure group
Occupation -- Hunter
Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
Occupation -- Industry -- Engineering
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Griffin
Relief
Stele
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Texas, Parks & Wildlife Department, Fort Griffin State Park, Fort Griffin, Texas
Provenance:
Located Fort Griffin State Park, Fort Griffin, Texas
Remarks:
The sculpture was erected by the State of Texas with $2,500 in federal funds in commemoration of one hundred years of Texas independence. The stele marks the site of Fort Griffin, once a calvary base and pioneer trading post. Page & Southerland were the architects. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Harold Schoen's "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence," Austin: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.
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 TX001077
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TX001077
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