"Tex" the Roustabout
2000-2001
21st century
83 1/2 in. x 46 in. x 33 1/2 in. (212.09 cm x 116.84 cm x 85.09 cm)
Joe Barrington,
American,
b. 1956
Object Type:
sculpture
Medium and Support:
Welded steel
Credit Line:
Museum purchase with partial gift from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chamblin in Memory of Dane and Mamie Griffis
Accession Number:
2001.001
Object Description
standing male oil field worker; wears button-up shirt with sleeves torn off and name badge, "Tex" above PR pocket; shirt tucked into pants with belt except at PL back; lace up boots w/ hole in toe of PL boot); hard hat inscribed "Tex" in cursive; thick gloves; cigarette hangs from mouth; holds 48 in PRH which leans on shoulder and sledge hammer in PLH; stands among pipes and oil field equipment; squinting eyes.
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