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Decorated Pump Jacks, (sculpture). Artist:  Thomas, William, sculptor. Bassett, Delane, sculptor. Kumpe, George, sculptor Title:  Decorated Pump Jacks, (sculpture). Dates:  1976-1980. Medium:  Painted plywood. Dimensions:  13 units. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A series of oil pump jacks decorated with various plywood cutouts, placed in various locations around Luling, Texas. Each pump jack features a different cutout. Some pump jacks have mirrored cutouts attached to both sides of the pump, others have a cutout attached to only one side. Cutout images include: a cowboy on horseback roping a calf; an oil field roughneck sitting on the jack in overalls and hard hat waving his hand; a grasshopper; an orange dinosaur with green scales along its back; the face of Tony the Tiger; a Luling Eagle football player in full uniform throwing a pass; a girl with blond pigtails and blue dress riding a bicycle with a small white dog in the front basket; a pink flamingo wearing sunglasses driving a blue convertible with a surfboard in the backseat; the advertising dog Spuds McKenzie; a blond-haired girl in blue dress eating an oversized slice of watermelon; a cartoon-like cat with green eyes; a monarch butterfly; and an elongated version of Uncle Sam wearing a blue jacket, red and white striped pants and a stars-and-stripes top hat. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy Animal -- Cattle Occupation -- Industry -- Oil Animal -- Insect -- Grasshopper Animal -- Other -- Dinosaur Animal -- Tiger Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Football Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform Figure female -- Child -- Full length Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Bicycling Architecture -- Vehicle -- Bicycle Animal -- Dog Animal -- Bird -- Flamingo Architecture -- Vehicle -- Automobile Object -- Fruit -- Watermelon Animal -- Cat Animal -- Insect -- Butterfly Dress -- Costume -- Uncle Sam Costume Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Luling Folk Kinetic Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Luling Chamber of Commerce, Highway 183 North, Luling, Texas 78648 Located Luling, Texas Remarks:  The project to decorate the town's oil rig pump jacks was conceived by the Chamber of Commerce. The sculptures were donated by the artists; the Chamber of Commerce contributed the paint. The sculptures move up and down as the pumps do and are bolted on for easy removal for working on the pump units. Bassett created the girl eating the watermelon; Kumpe created Uncle Sam; the remaining sculptures were done by Thomas. IAS files contain detailed dimensions and locations for each individual sculpture. 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 TX001049   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX001049 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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