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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
     
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    		• Billboard
     
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    The Golden Driller, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Golden Driller, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1953. Reinstalled and rededicated May 12, 1966.
    Medium: 
    Driller: concrete with angle-iron and plaster armature, painted gold; Derrick: steel.
    Dimensions: 
    Driller: approx. 80 x 50 x 40 ft.; Derrick: approx. 55 x 12 x 12 ft. (43,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on front of derrick:) THE GOLDEN DRILLER/SYMBOL OF/THE INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXPOSITION/[additional text]/PRESENTED BY/MID-CONTINENT SUPPLY CO.-A KEN DAVIS INDUSTRY/MAY 12, 1966 (On second plaque:) THE GOLDEN DRILLER/REFURBISHED AND REDEDICATED AS THE SYMBOL OF THE CITY OF TULSA, "OIL CAPITOL OF THE/WORLD" [additional text] AND THE/FIRST STATE MONUMENT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA BY AN ACT OF THE 37TH LEGISLATURE. unsigned
    Description: 
    Colossal-sized figure of an oil driller wears hard hat, gloves, form-fitting trousers with "TULSA" on the belt buckle and steel-toed boots. He leans on a derrick, on which he rests his proper right hand. His proper left hand is on his hip.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Oil
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
    Billboard
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Tulsa County, Public Facilities Authority, Tulsa County Fairgrounds Trust Authority, 21st & Pittsburg, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104
    Located Tulsa State Fairgrounds, Expo Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was first introduced in 1953 at the International Petroleum Exposition (Tulsa, OK) by the Mid-Continent Supply Company of Fort Worth, Texas. It was temporarily erected again for the 1959 show and attracted so much attention that the Company refurbished the piece and donated it to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds Trust Authority. It was permanently installed at its current site for the 1966 International Petroleum Exposition. The driller's proper right hand rests on an old production oil derrick from an oil field in Seminole, Oklahoma. The driller has survived tornadoes and vandal attacks (including shotgun blasts and arrows). In 1979, the sculpture was refurbished and painted gold. It is reportedly one of the largest free-standing statues in the world. The driller's belt has a 48 ft. circumference; his shoe size is: 393-DDD; and he wears a 112 size hard hat. IAS files contain a flyer "The Golden Driller" from the expo center fairgrounds.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
    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 OK000188
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