Tin Cowboyc. 198372 × 29 × 20"TinGift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.1990.1.140152350204Rene LaTourSculptureArchitectureCopyright for this work is under review.Ormond BeachOrmond BeachUnited StatesFloridaThree Dimensional WorksOrmond BeachThis figure of a cowboy, fashioned from tin, was made by a retired sheet metal worker, Rene La Tour. The figure was used as a trade sign for a post-retirement business La Tour operated from his home near Daytona Beach, Florida. Aarne Anton had bought a smaller figure from the artist and believes that another figure was made. La Tour was influenced by Buckminister Fuller's geodesic sphere and the cowboy's head evolved from the metal spheres he used to make.This comical cowboy is the second life-size trade sign made by French-born metalsmith Rene LaTour. The figure stood briefly outside LaTour’s shop on 200 Yonge Street in Ormond Beach, Florida. LaTour spent a lifetime working in the metal industry, including a stint at NASA before opening his own shop, in 1959. He used 26- and 28-gauge galvanized steel to fashion more than a dozen cheerful clowns, ballerinas, and other figures drawn from popular culture.
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgSCULPTURE19781988 1990 1 14 This figure of a cowboy, fashioned from tin, was made by a retired sheet metal worker, Rene La Tour. The figure was used as a trade sign for a post-retirement business La Tour operated from his home near Daytona Beach, Florida. Aarne Anton had bought a smaller figure from the artist and believes that another figure was made. La Tour was influenced by Buckminister Fuller's geodesic sphere and the cowboy's head evolved from the metal spheres he used to make.This comical cowboy is the second life-size trade sign made by French-born metalsmith Rene LaTour. The figure stood briefly outside LaTour’s shop on 200 Yonge Street in Ormond Beach, Florida. LaTour spent a lifetime working in the metal industry, including a stint at NASA before opening his own shop, in 1959. He used 26- and 28-gauge galvanized steel to fashion more than a dozen cheerful clowns, ballerinas, and other figures drawn from popular culture.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
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