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Electra Waggoner Biggs (1912-2001), granddaughter
of W.T. Waggoner and former co-owner of the
Waggoner Ranch, was also an internationally renowned sculptor. She won a
third prize at the prestigious Salon d'Autum in Paris and had work
exhibited at Seligman's in New York. Her work was also on exhibit at the
National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, Notre Dame
University and Duke University as well as having commissions in the
Eisenhower Library, the Truman Library, the National USO Building and the
Texas State House. Her best known work was probably the heroic size
sculpture of Will Rogers on his favorite horse, Soapsuds, in front of the
Will Rogers Colliseum in Fort Worth.
The work was recast three times and
stands in front of the Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma, at the
entrance of Texas Tech University and in the sculpture garden of the
Anatole Hotel in Dallas. The Red River Valley Museum has the largest
collection of this remarkable artist's work on display in the Waggoner
Room. An award-winning video about her life and work is available for
viewing as is a replica of her studio.
Electra II, a book by Roze McCoy Porter about Electra Waggoner Biggs, is available in
the museum giftshop.
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