Big League Dreams - Tulsa, OK
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N 36° 08.994 W 095° 55.162
15S E 237348 N 4004524
Wooden carving of a young baseball player
Waymark Code: WMB6PF
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2011
Views: 2
Located on the edge of Braden Park, this wood carving is of a young baseball player. The boy is sitting high on the wooden trunk, wearing a baseball hat. His hands are held in front of him as if he was holding something. This carving is in such bad condition that the bat is no longer there, and large portions of the sculpture are missing. You can still see that the boy is in ball-playing attire, and some of the detail in his clothing is still visible.
From the Smithsonian database:
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 44 x 17 x 14 in.; Tree: approx. 57 x 37 x 29 in.
Inscription:
(Under proper left foot:) (Cross symbol)/COSS/88 (On plaque at rear:) "BIG LEAGUE DREAMS"/BY CLAYTON COSS/GENEROUSLY DONATED BY/TULSA DRILLERS/JULY 18, 1988/MID-TULSA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION signed
Description:
A boy wearing a baseball hat and play clothes sits atop a tree stump. He holds a bat in the batting position. He slightly straddles the trunk, and his toes point inward.
Remarks:
Gift of the Tulsa Drillers. Sculpture was created with a chain saw.
TITLE: Big League Dreams
ARTIST(S): Clayton Coss
DATE: 7/18/1988
MEDIUM: Wood
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OK000263
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Braden Park (E. 9th and Canton)
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
This piece is in terrible condition (and repair was urgently needed 15 years ago in 1996 according to the database).
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