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Sculptor:
Summers, Robert 1940-  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
African American  Search this
Hispanic  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Dallas Trees and Parks Foundation Dallas Texas
Located Dallas Convention Center Pioneer Plaza Dallas Texas
Date:
Dedicated 1995
Notes:
Inventory staff, 2000.
Summary:
A 19th century cattle drive is depicted over a 4.2 acre Pioneer Plaza in downtown Dallas, in front of the Dallas Convention Center. The sculpture is composed of forty seven-foot-tall longhorn steers and three trail drivers on horseback who herd the cattle down a ridge past a newly constructed limestone cliff. The trail drivers are an Anglo, an African-American, and a Hispanic.
Topic:
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
Occupation--Other--Cowboy  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Western  Search this
Control number:
IAS 71500379
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_346426