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David Valentine Walker Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Moore, Bruce, 1905-1980, sculptor. Title:  David Valentine Walker Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1930-1931. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: French limestone; Base: French limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 66 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 9 in.; Base: approx. 6 3/4 x 34 x 28 in. Inscription:  (On left side below bas-relief of thistle:) BRUCE MOORE 1931 (Below Apollo relief:) David/Valentine/Walker/Resurgam signed Description:  French limestone memorial. At the top is a bas-relief of Apollo kneeling with his head bowed. He holds a lyre and a palm frond is in the background. On top of the memorial are a pair of ram's horns with a sun burst between them. On the sides of the memorial are carved thistles that allude to the Scottish ancestry of the Walkers. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Apollo Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre Object -- Foliage -- Thistle Ethnic -- Scottish Homage -- Walker, David Valentine, Sr. Homage -- Walker, David Valentine, Jr. Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Old Mission Cemetery & Mausoleums, 3424 East 21st, Wichita, Kansas 67208 Located Old Mission Cemetery, 3324 East 21st, Wichita, Kansas Remarks:  David Valentine Walker Sr. (1864-1929) was founder of the Walkers Department Store located on the first hundred block of Main. The store was run by David Valentine Walker Jr. (1896-1970) until his death, and after his death it was closed. The Walker Memorial was designed and executed while Moore was in Paris on the renewal of his Guggenheim Fellowship in 1930-1931. It was commissioned by the David Valentine Walker's wife, Eleanor Johnston Walker. IAS files contain article from Wichita Eagle, April 13, 1999; transcription of text found on memorial; and transcript of related artist's correspondence. References:  Project Beauty, Inc.,1999. Illustration:  Image on file. Wichita Eagle, April 13, 1999. 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 74890001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74890001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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