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| Repository: |
Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
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| Creator: |
City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
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| Title: |
Fair Park Mural Conservation
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| Dates: |
1999-2000 |
| Quantity: |
0.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Photographic prints and slides documenting the Fair Park
Mural Conservation project |
| Identification: |
02-007 |
| Language: |
Records are in English |
695
black and white and color photographic prints and color slides.
The collection consists of
photographic prints and slides documenting the conservation of four
bas-relief murals located on the Fair Park Centennial building, created
by artist Pierre Bourdelle for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition.
Fair Park, the site of the State Fair
of Texas, is located in East Dallas near the downtown business
district. It is owned by the City of Dallas and managed by the
Dallas Park and Recreation Department. The 277-acre site is home
to the annual State Fair of Texas, the Cotton Bowl stadium, and several
museums. Fair Park houses one of the greatest concentrations of
early twentieth-century Art Deco exposition buildings in the United
States.
Pierre Bourdelle (1903-1966) was born
in Paris, France, and was the son of French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle
(1861-1929). Bourdelle studied under Auguste Rodin and graduated
from the Sorbonne in 1921. In 1929, Bourdelle moved to the United
States and took up residence in New York City where he pursued
corporate-sponsored art contracts. In 1936, Bourdelle accepted a
contract with the Texas Centennial Commission to create public art
projects for the upcoming Texas Centennial Exposition. Bourdelle
created six murals for the Automobile building that were lost to a fire
in 1942, six murals depicting animal heads for the Sheep and Goat
buildings in the Pan American Complex, as well as four bas-reliefs for
the Centennial building; Cougar and Bison, Man and Angel, Man and
Eagle, and Man Taming Wild Horse.
The conservation work was performed
by the Laboratory for Conservation of Fine Arts located in Englewood,
New Jersey, as well as the Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio
of Chicago, Illinois. Funding was provided by the City of Dallas
as well as the Friends of Fair Park. Restoration of the art work
was completed in 2000.
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Fair Park (Dallas, Tex.) |
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Folder
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1 |
Cougar and Bison, color and black
and white photographic prints and color slides, 1999-2000
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2 |
Man and Angel, color and black and
white photographic prints and color slides, 1999-2000
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Man and Eagle, black and white
photographic prints and color slides, 1999-2000
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Man and Eagle, color photographic
prints, 1999-2000
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Man Taming Wild Horse, color and
black and white photographic prints and color slides, 1999-2000
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