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    		• Tauch, Waldine Amanda,
     
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    		• Unknown (Italy),
     
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    		• Portrait male -- MacArthur, Douglas
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Brownwood
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Statue of General Douglas MacArthur, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tauch, Waldine Amanda, 1892/94-1986, sculptor.
    Unknown (Italy), founder.
    Title: 
    Statue of General Douglas MacArthur, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 18, 1969.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On rear of sculpture's bronze base, incised lettering:) WALDINE TAUCH - SC. (copyright symbol) (On plaque on front of granite base, raised lettering:) THIS MAGNIFICENT STATUE AND BASE/WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE/GENEROUS GIFT OF/MR. AND MRS. PAUL USSERY OF DALLAS, TEXAS/AND/THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCILS OF TEXAS signed
    Description: 
    A portrait of General Douglas MacArthur shown walking ashore on Leyte during his return to the Philippines. He strides forward with his proper right foot in front of his proper left foot. He is dressed in a World War II dress uniform and a cap with an eagle emblem on the front. The sculpture is mounted atop a three-tiered base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- MacArthur, Douglas -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    History -- United States -- World War II
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Brownwood
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Howard Payne University, 1320 Austin Avenue, Brownwood, Texas 76801
    Located Howard Payne University, Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom, Brownwood, Texas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was created for the Academy of Freedom at Howard Payne University under the auspices of Jack Mashburn of Midland, director of the academy. Funding was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ussery of Dallas and public school student councils around Texas. The artist chose to depict General Douglas MacArthur in his most famous posture from World War II, the moment he strode ashore on his return to Leyte in the Philippines on October 20, 1944. The sculpture was cast in Italy.
    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 TX000934
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