This Land is Your Land, (sculpture).

This Land is Your Land, (sculpture).

Neef, Rusty, 1928- , sculptor.

This Land is Your Land, (sculpture).

1992. Copyrighted 1992. Dedicated Oct. 3, 1992.

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Sculpture: welded carbon steel, painted; Base: metal poles.

Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 50 in. x 18 in.

(Left, bottom:) Rusty Neef (copyright symbol) 1992 signed

Musical notes of the entire chorus of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land," set atop metal poles implanted in the ground.

Literature -- Guthrie -- This Land is Your Land

Homage -- Guthrie, Woody

Performing Arts -- Music

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Pampa

Administered by City of Pampa, Parks and Recreation Department, 200 West Foster, City Hall, Pampa, Texas 79065

Located 1101 North Hobart, Highway 70, Pampa, Texas

The sculpture commemorates singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie, who lived in Pampa from 1929 to 1936. The sculpture was sponsored by Pampa Area Foundation for Outdoor Art. Pampa elementary school music teacher, Wanetta Hill transposed Guthrie's musical score to the key of G, 4/4 time for a more artistic arrangement. Nearby plaque reads: This Land is Your Land/song by Woody Guthrie/sculpture by Rusty Neef. For related article see: Focus Magazine (Winter 1992): pg. 14.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.

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