The Jester - Ardmore, OK
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N 34° 10.351 W 097° 08.039
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This jester stands at the entrance to Goddard Center for the Visual and Performing Arts.
Waymark Code: WMWMZ2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2017
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The Charles M. Goddard Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is an arts museum, theater for performing arts, with a lovely sculpture garden on its grounds.
This sculpture of a jester is located just left of the main entrance. A bronze plaque reads: "The Jester / by Arne Hansen / May 20, 1972". He has been here since shortly after the Center opened in 1970.
The jester is dressed in typical "jester clothes" with his pom-pom topped hat. He is in a dancing position, with his left leg behind him, actually touching the building. He is holding a mandolin in his left hand. The sculpture is life sized and displayed in a garden. The jester is standing on his right foot which is on the top of a ball.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Jester
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Arne Hansen
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 5/20/1972
Materials used: Bronze
Location: Charles M. Goddard Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
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