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Norby, Art,
Portrait male -- Buhler, Lawrence
Occupation -- Sport
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Historic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Windom
Sculpture
Lawrence "Larry" Buhler, (sculpture).
Artist:
Norby, Art, sculptor.
Title:
Lawrence "Larry" Buhler, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1992. Dedicated June 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone and brick.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. 6 in. x W. 40 in.; Stone base: 30 x 40 x 39 3/4 in.; Brick base: approx. 26 x 46 3/4 x 47 in.
Inscription:
(Incised on base, front:) LAWRENCE "LARRY" BUHLER/1917-1990/WINDOM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE 1935/UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 1935-1939/GREEN BAY PACKERS 1939-1941/VOTED/MINNESOTA'S M V P 1938/ALL AMERICAN ATHLETE 1939/GREEN BAY HALL OF FAME 1942 (Names of donors appear on four sides of the base)
Description:
Full-length figure of Larry Buhler stands on a two-tiered base. The figure wears a 1930s era All-American football uniform. He holds his helmet in his proper right hand and a football crooked in his proper left arm. The figure is posed as though walking. The sculpture is fenced.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Buhler, Lawrence -- Full length
Occupation -- Sport -- Football
Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform
Dress -- Historic -- Thirties Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Windom
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Windom, City Parks, Windom, Minnesota 56101
Located Courthouse lawn, Windom, Minnesota
Remarks:
Partial funding came from a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts & Humanities Council. Lawrence "Larry" Buhler (1917-1990) was a native of Mountain Lake, Minnesota and resident of Windom who became a professional football player.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
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 MN000634
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