Thomas Jefferson - Rogers State Univ - Claremore, OK - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This sculpture of Thomas Jefferson was sculpted by Yom Sim Park (1928- ) and was commissioned in 1982, and dedicated April 15, 1983 in honor of Oklahoma's Diamond Jubilee.

The Smithsonian database describes the sculpture as: "Standing figure of Thomas Jefferson, dressed in a long coat, vest, ruffled shirt and trousers tucked into knee-high boots. He leans on the column with his proper right elbow, perched on a book whose title "Architecture" appears on the spine. His cloak, from which a plumb bob can be seen, covers the column and his proper left hand is extended. A walking stick leans at the rear of the column and there are tree stumps on the ground. The figure faces east, towards Washington D.C., Monticello and the University of Virginia."

The sculpture stands 12 ft. 11 in. high and is 85 in. in diameter. It stands on a base 18 in. high and 10 ft. in diameter.

TITLE: Thomas Jefferson ARTIST(S): Yom Sim Park DATE: 4/15/1983 MEDIUM: KellStone CONTROL NUMBER: OK000240 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Camden Street, the entrance road into Rogers State University, in front of the Administration Building. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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