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Auto Parts Gang, (sculpture). Artist:  Otheim, Larry, sculptor. Title:  Auto Parts Gang, (sculpture). Dates:  Begun mid-1980s. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Welded auto parts, painted. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 6 x 30 x 12 ft. Inscription:  (Wooden sign in front of main grouping of figures:) THE AUTO PARTS GANG (By the feet of each figure is a sign with the figure's name) unsigned Description:  Six abstract figures and a coiled snake are sited by a fence. Each figure has a wooden sign by its feet. To the far left is "Howdy Pard," a cowboy wearing a hat and smoking a cigarette. He twirls a lasso in his proper right hand. "Dolly," a buxom woman in a dress, stands to his right; she holds a fan in her proper left hand and a parasol in her proper right hand. To her right kneels "Gold Pan Sam," a prospector tilting a goldpan with his proper left hand. Sitting behind him is "Chief," an Indian wearing feathers and warpaint and holding a peace pipe. To Sam's right is "Tex," a cowboy holding a pistol in each hand. To the right front of these five figures is a prostitute named "Tricksy," standing by a street lamp. Subject:  Western Figure group Abstract Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Occupation -- Other -- Chief Occupation -- Other -- Prostitute Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Accessory -- Fan Object -- Tool -- Rope Dress -- Accessory -- Umbrella Object -- Other -- Cookware Object -- Other -- Pipe Object -- Weapon -- Gun Architecture -- Detail -- Streetlight Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Mountain City Sculpture Owner:  Otheim, Larry, Highway 11A, Box 246, Mountain City, Nevada 89831 Remarks:  Artist still adding to sculpture at the time of the SOS! survey. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada 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 NV000133   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NV000133 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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