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The
Six Ladies of Fair Park
Seductiveness and skin as smooth as
cement Hall
of State Building, Fair Park
Off I-75 and Lemmon Avenue
Dallas,
Texas |
The
six female figures that flank the entrance to the Hall
of State building at Dallas’ Fair Park are the
work of Raoul Josset and Lawrence
Tenney Stephens. The 20 foot statues (on 12 foot pedestals) face each other and
represent the five nations (and one would-be nation) that are more frequently
represented by the “six flags” of Texas.
Although
they appear to be the work of a single artist, Raoul
Josset, the Franco-American, Dallas-based sculptor who formed the representative
forms for Mexico, Spain and France while American sculptor Lawrence Tenney Stephens
designed the women representing Spain, The Confederacy and the Republic of Texas.
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mounted on the building above the statue Tejas Warrior is by sculptor Harry Lee
Gibson. The figure, representing Texas, is shaded by the state tree - the pecan.
The owl (wisdom) clasps a key in its talons, representing knowledge and prosperity. |
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