GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The American artist Donald De Lue had a prolific career making large-scale public monuments. He made sculptures for Omaha Beach on the Normandy coast, Gettysburg National Military Park, the Federal Court building in Philadelphia, the Boy Scout Memorial in Washington D.C., and the Rocket Thrower for New York's World's Fair.
In 1959, De Lue entered The Love Field Monument Competition that the city of Dallas sponsored. This drawing illustrates some of the artist's preliminary ideas for the public work intended to grace the airport entrance. Most notably, by incorporating the winged Pegasus into his design De Lue suggests the notion of flight while simultaneously stirring local pride with the iconic emblem of Dallas. The artist did not earn the commission, which instead went to Texas Art Professor Charles Umlauf (1911-1994) for his Spirit of Flight.
Excerpt from
Olivier Meslay, DMA Acquisition proposal (2010.49), 2010.
NOTES
This note was tagged #routed in June 2015 and Sue's revisions (in a Word doc created by ASG) have been applied to the note as of October 2015. As of January 2017 I am adding the #draft tag to this note so that it is harvested to Google Drive. Once I am sure that all pending TMS or Piction data entry is complete, I will remove the #routed tag, add the #complete tag, and move the Google Doc to Queta's folder so that it is not re-routed to Sue.
The spelling of the artist's last name was not consistent for his two works in the DMA collection. There was a change form signed by Sue (and dated September 2011?) that inserted a space in his last name. When I consulted ULAN, Smithsonian American Art Museum, gallery sites, and the 1990 monograph on the artist, his last name is spelled "De Lue." I have used this spelling in both object drafts and the artist's biographical CC. I changed the spelling in TMS to be consistent. I notified Brian that this spelling should be inserted into the text presently appearing online as the public text.
TMS record had title as "(not entered): Love Field." I entered the title as a descriptive title because it derives from its function as a preliminary drawing for The Love Field Monument Competition.
Entered Acquisition Justification as a text entry. (Relocated to proper field for acquisition justifications, under registration.)
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preliminary drawing: AAT: 300034430
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Before 2010: Janis Connor and Joel Rosenkranz, New York, NY
From 2010: Dallas Museum of Art, gift from the above
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- Charles Umlauf, Spirit of Flight (1961)~See the work that won the The Love Field Monument Competition.
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General Description
The American artist Donald De Lue had a prolific career making large-scale public monuments. He made sculptures for Omaha Beach on the Normandy coast, Gettysburg National Military Park, the Federal Court building in Philadelphia, the Boy Scout Memorial in Washington D.C., and the Rocket Thrower for New York's World's Fair.
In 1959, De Lue entered The Love Field Monument Competition that the city of Dallas sponsored. This drawing illustrates some of the artist's preliminary ideas for the public work intended to grace the airport entrance. Most notably, by incorporating the winged Pegasus into his design De Lue suggests the notion of flight while simultaneously stirring local pride with the iconic emblem of Dallas. The artist did not earn the commission, which instead went to Texas Art Professor Charles Umlauf (1911-1994) for his Spirit of Flight.
Excerpt from
Olivier Meslay, DMA Acquisition proposal (2010.49), 2010.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Charles Umlauf, Spirit of Flight (1961)~See the work that won the The Love Field Monument Competition.
Notes
This note was tagged #routed in June 2015 and Sue's revisions (in a Word doc created by ASG) have been applied to the note as of October 2015. As of January 2017 I am adding the #draft tag to this note so that it is harvested to Google Drive. Once I am sure that all pending TMS or Piction data entry is complete, I will remove the #routed tag, add the #complete tag, and move the Google Doc to Queta's folder so that it is not re-routed to Sue.
The spelling of the artist's last name was not consistent for his two works in the DMA collection. There was a change form signed by Sue (and dated September 2011?) that inserted a space in his last name. When I consulted ULAN, Smithsonian American Art Museum, gallery sites, and the 1990 monograph on the artist, his last name is spelled "De Lue." I have used this spelling in both object drafts and the artist's biographical CC. I changed the spelling in TMS to be consistent. I notified Brian that this spelling should be inserted into the text presently appearing online as the public text.
TMS record had title as "(not entered): Love Field." I entered the title as a descriptive title because it derives from its function as a preliminary drawing for The Love Field Monument Competition.
Entered Acquisition Justification as a text entry. (Relocated to proper field for acquisition justifications, under registration.)
Catalogue essays specific to object
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin- New York
Process/materials
graphite
crayon
tissue
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
airports
preliminary drawing: AAT: 300034430
competitions
horse
monuments
commission
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PROVENANCE
Before 2010: Janis Connor and Joel Rosenkranz, New York, NY
From 2010: Dallas Museum of Art, gift from the above
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