Bob Wills Monument - Turkey, TX
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N 34° 23.554 W 100° 54.044
14S E 325271 N 3807321
Two silver fiddles, back-to-back, stand atop a tall rotating aluminum shaft, mounted on an octagonal granite base incised with pictures and text commemorating country music legend Bob Willis.
Waymark Code: WMP9E7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2015
Views: 6
From the Smithsonian Website: "On the fiddles, bows are positioned across the strings of each fiddle. Seven of the eight sides of the granite base are etched with a portrait of Bob Wills. He is depicted in uniform as a World War II infantryman; as a young musician wearing a business suit and tie; as a Hollywood musician in cowboy shirt and hat; in suit jacket, scarf and cowboy hat; in a suit with cowboy hat, cigar in his mouth and holding a fiddle and bow in his proper left hand; and two full-length portraits in full suit, cowboy boots and hat with cigar and fiddle. The eighth side of the monument depicts a ranch scene with buildings on the right, a windmill on the left, a pointer dog in the nearest left corner and a figure on horseback in the right corner. Below the etched ranch scene is a map locating Will's Farm. The granite monument sits on a flat concrete base."
TITLE: Bob Wills Monument
ARTIST(S): Bill Willis
DATE: 1975
MEDIUM: Sculpture: granite, aluminum; Base: concrete.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX001065
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Main Street and County Rd 3
Turkey, TX
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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