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James Garcia, The Phoenix Gazette
Artist John Farnsworth with one section of his "Stage" painting at Sky Harbor.
HUGE PAINTING LANDS INSIDE SKY HARBOR
By Lynn Pyne
The Phoenix Gazette
Thursday, November 19, 1987
What do you do with a painting that is one-eighth the size of a basketball court?
In Phoenix, you hang it at the airport -- in the biggest terminal you can find.
Thus, in a dedication ceremony at 4 p.m. today, Sky Harbor International Airport's
Terminal 3 will become the new home of "Stage," a 22 x 27 foot Western mural painted
by John Farnsworth.
The oil-on-linen painting of a stagecoach is composed of 30 individual canvases.
donated by Wells Fargo and Company, the 1981 art work originally graced the walls
of Wells Fargo's southern California banking headquarters, but there was no room
for it after the company offices were moved.
It came to Phoenix through the efforts of the Phoenix Art Commission, local arts
supporter Edward Jacobson and Phoenix Art Museum director James Ballinger.
"It is so large that the only two places in the city it could fit were the airport
and the Civic Plaza," airport art curator Lennée Eller says.
Wouldn't you know it? Page C-8 of the paper is missing. I'll add it as soon as one
can be located. See below if you want to be notified of changes.
STAGE
22 x 27 feet
Oil on Linen
Sky Harbor Airport
Phoenix, Arizona
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