G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones, Texas, 1933-2017), "The Spirit of Texas", artist-cast bronze sculpture on continuous bronze plinth and wooden pedestal base, with incised signature, title, edition number 5/50, and date, 2005

height 22.5 in. x width 14 in. x depth 7.5 in. (including base)

Provenance: Property from the Estate of Robert A. "Bob" Funk Sr. - trailblazing American businessman, philanthropist, and rancher, from his impressive ranch headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Gerald Harvey Jones, "G. Harvey", was a celebrated artist and lifelong Texan whose youth spent in the Texas Hill Country helped inform his nostalgic and evocative imagery of Western scenes and scenes of Americana. Harvey was a prolific artist and often compared to Impressionist masters such as Edouard Cortes. His paintings have appeared in prestigious sites, including the White House, the National Archives, the Treasury Building, and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History.