The United Gas Pipe Line Company Collection

UGPL 0059 Taylor, Joe, Rhino, terracotta, 7” x 18½” x 17½,” 1969 illus: p 25

Joe Taylor (1907- )

Written in 1976 for the catalog and reproduced as printed, with spelling corrected. Not current.

Sculptor Joe Taylor was elected to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1960, after a distinguished career that saw his work exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, and many others. Taylor is now Boyd Professor of Art, Emeritus, at the University of Oklahoma.

Born in 1907 in Wilbur, Washington, Taylor studied at the University of Washington where he was awarded BFA and MFA degrees. He studied later at the University of Oklahoma and Columbia University.

Widely recognized for his numerous commissions and portraits, Taylor has executed many major architectural sculptures in the southwest.

From The Art Collection of United Gas Pipe Line Company (Houston, 1976), curated by Susan Rush.