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Thompson, Torg,
Lone Star Steel Company,
Occupation -- Industry
Figure male -- Head
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Kilgore
Sculpture
Joe Roughneck, (sculpture).
Artist:
Thompson, Torg, designer.
Lone Star Steel Company, fabricator.
Title:
Joe Roughneck, (sculpture).
Dates:
1986. Dedicated March 2, 1986.
Medium:
Head: metal; Base: gray granite.
Dimensions:
Head: approx. 12 x 10 x 8 in.; Pedestal: approx. 82 x 26 x 26 in.; Base: approx. 18 x 50 x 50 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) JOE ROUGHNECK/SYMBOL OF THE OILFIELD/BUST DONATED BY LONE STAR STEEL (West side of base:) TEXAS INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY/PROCLAIMED FEB. 9, 1985/DEDICATED MAR. 2, 1986 (Back of base:) TEXAS SESQUICENTENNIAL/MEMORIAL MONUMENT/DEDICATED TO THE/OIL BOOMERS/1836-1986/SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE/CITY OF KILGORE/LONE STAR STEEL/(List of names follows) (On east side of base:) TEXAS INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY/PROCLAIMED FEB. 9, 1984/ERECTED MAY 3, 1985/DEDICATED MAR. 2, 1986 unsigned
Description:
The head of "Joe Roughneck," a character represented skilled laborers in the oil industry. Joe Roughneck wears a hard hat and has a band-aid on his proper left cheek. The sculpture is mounted on a tall, rectangular, gray granite pedestal.
Subject:
Occupation -- Industry -- Oil
Figure male -- Head
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Kilgore
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Kilgore, Sesquicentennial Monument Committee, City Hall, 909 North Kilgore, Kilgore, Texas 75662
Located City of Kilgore, 909 North Kilgore, Sesquicentennial Plaza, Kilgore, Texas 75662
Remarks:
IAS files contain a related article from Ruff, Ann, "Amazing Texas Monuments and Museums," Houston: Lone Star Books, pg. 51, which discusses the oil industry in Texas and the origins of the "Joe Roughneck" monuments. The bust for this monument was originally cast by Lone Star Steel in the 1950's and it is one of several Roughneck busts located in the state. When the city of Kilgore contacted Lone Star Steel Company for permission to place this sculpture as part of the city's sesquicentennial celebration in 1986, they learned that the cast had been destroyed in a fire. Lone Star Steel used their original plastic mold to make this cast. The company, which holds the copyright on the design, donated the bust to the city for placement at Sesquicentennial Plaza. Inscription on nearby Official Texas Historical Subject Marker reads: THIS PLAZA COMMEMORATES THE 150TH/ANNIVERSARY OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE/FROM MEXICO AND WAS BUILT FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR CITIZENS AND/VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY./WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CITIZENS,/BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO/MADE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE./THE TIME CAPSULE HOLDS MEMENTOS/FROM ACTIVITIES HELD DURING THE/CELEBRATION OF THE TEXAS SESQUI-/CENTENNIAL 1986. THIS TIME CAPSULE/IS TO BE OPENED MARCH 2, 2036./THE KILGORE SESQUICENTENNIAL/COMMISSION OF 1986.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
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 TX000039
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