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C. W. Post, (sculpture). Artist:  Gelert, Johannes Sophus, 1852-1923, sculptor. Spampinato Art Workshop, founder. Title:  C. W. Post, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Charles William Post, (sculpture). Dates:  Original commissioned ca. 1914. Cast 1956. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Inscription:  (On front of base, incised lettering:) (In wreath:) 1854/C. W. Post/1914 (Below wreath:) PIONEER/INDUSTRIALIST/INVENTOR/FOUNDER OF POST, TEXAS/IN 1907 Description:  C. W. Post, seated in an armchair, wears a buttoned suit with lapels. The sculpture is mounted atop a square, inscribed base with a raised wreath on the front. Subject:  Portrait male -- Post, Charles William -- Full length Occupation -- Science -- Inventor Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Post Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Garza County, Garza County Courthouse, Post, Texas 79356 Located Garza County Courthouse, On lawn, Post, Texas Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates C. W. Post (Charles William Post) of cereal fame, who was born in 1854 and died in 1914. Early in his career he had been a Texas real estate developer with a desire to create a planned community. In 1907, work began this new community, the town that came to be known as Post, Texas. After his death, the citizens of Battle Creek, Michigan commissioned a statue of C.W. Post for their community. Later, C. W. Post's daughter, Marjorie Merriweather Post, had a duplicate casting of the Battle Creek statue made for the town of Post, Texas. A Texas Historical Commission marker about C. W. Post is at the left rear of the sculpture. IAS files contain related excerpts from Ann Ruff's "Amazing Texas Monuments and Museums," Houston, Texas: Lone Star Books, 1984, pg. 2-3; and from Carol Morris Little "A Comprehensive Guid to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas," Austin, TX: Univerity of Texas Press, 1996, pg. 359-360. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000668   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000668 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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