Tom Mix Memorial, (sculpture).

Tom Mix Memorial, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Tom Mix Memorial, (sculpture).

Cut-out: metal, painted; Relief: bronze; Base: concrete, stone.

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.

(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

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.

Homage -- Mix, Tom

Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer

Animal -- Horse

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona

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

The sculpture commemorates Tom Mix, silver screen cowboy star. Mix died in an automobile accident near where the memorial stands today.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.

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