''Stanley Draper'' is a 1974
bronze sculpture
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by Leonard McMurry, installed outside
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, a ...
's City Hall, in the
U.S. state
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of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
.
History
The statue was formerly installed in
Bicentennial Park. It was surveyed by the
Smithsonian Institution
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's "
Save Outdoor Sculpture!
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) was a community-based effort to identify, document, and conserve outdoor sculpture in the United States. The program was initiated in 1989 and ended in 1999.
History
Save Outdoor Sculpture! was initiated by Herit ...
" program in 1994.
Circa 2013, the artwork was moved from the park to its current location on the east side of the City Hall.
See also
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1974 in art
Events from the year 1974 in art.
Events
*26 April – Nineteen Old Master paintings from the Beit collection are stolen from Russborough House in Ireland by a Provisional Irish Republican Army gang including English heiress Rose Dugdale.
* Roy ...
References
1974 establishments in Oklahoma
1974 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Oklahoma
Monuments and memorials in Oklahoma
Outdoor sculptures in Oklahoma City
Relocated buildings and structures in the United States
Sculptures of men in Oklahoma
Statues in Oklahoma
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