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Homage -- Mix, Tom
Performing Arts -- Theater
Animal -- Horse
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona
Relief
Sculpture
Tom Mix Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Tom Mix Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1940-1945.
Medium:
Cut-out: metal, painted; Relief: bronze; Base: concrete, stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 1/2 in.; Stone base: approx. 6 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.; Concrete base: approx. 9 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque on front of stone column:) JAN. 5, 1880 - OCT. 12, 1940/IN MEMORY OF/TOM MIX/WHOSE SPIRIT LEFT HIS BODY ON THIS SPOT./AND WHOSE CHARACTERIZATION AND PORTRAYALS/IN LIFE SERVED TO BETTER FIX MEMORIES OF/THE OLD WEST IN THE MINDS OF LIVING MEN. unsigned
Description:
Sheet metal cut-out of a horse with its head lowered as if grazing. The horse is saddled. The metal cut-out is mounted atop a stone base which stands on a low square concrete base. On the front of the stone base is a bronze relief of a horse, repeating the image of the cut-out on top.
Subject:
Homage -- Mix, Tom
Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
Animal -- Horse
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Arizona, Department of Transportation, Highways Division, 2225 South 22nd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85009
Located Arizona State Highway 79, 3/10 mile south of mile marker 116, Arizona
Remarks:
The sculpture commemorates Tom Mix, silver screen cowboy star. Mix died in an automobile accident near where the memorial stands today.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona 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 AZ000609
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AZ000609
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