Administered by Crow Family Interests Art Administration 4814 Bengal Street #1 Dallas Texas 75235
Located Loews Anatole Hotel 2201 Stemmons Freeway Dallas Texas
Date:
Ca. 1941.; Cast 1989
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Dallas survey, 1992.
Hendricks, Patricia D., and Becky Duval Reese, "A Century of Sculpture in Texas," Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989, pg. 40-41.
Dallas Morning News, March 17, 1985.
Dallas Morning News, Feb. 3, 1979.
Image on file.
(Left side:) Executed by Electra Waggoner Biggs (Back of sculpture:) Cast by Metz Castleberry/Weatherford, Texas (Front of sculpture:) Will Rogers/Riding into the Sunset/1879-1935 (Bronze plaque on front of base:) Will Rogers/Into the Sunset/by/Electra Waggoner Biggs signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Will Rogers on his horse Soapsuds. The horse raises one forepaw slightly into the air.
