Statue & Mural of Welles at Woodstock

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http://www.wellesnet.com/orson-welles-s ... -illinois/

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Woodstock mural honoring Orson Welles, others get $20K boost:
http://www.wellesnet.com/woodstock-mura ... 20k-boost/

[Wellesnet]

September 14th, 2017-

Mural honoring Woodstock icons nearly finished; funds needed to bronze Orson Welles statue:
http://www.wellesnet.com/mural-honoring ... es-statue/

About $5,000 for the final bronzing and siting in the Sculpture Garden next to the mural with on-site recognition is still needed.

Tax deductible contributions may be made to Friends of the Opera House / Mural Fund; BMO Harris Bank; 225 West Jackson Street; Woodstock, Illinois 60098.

Those wishing to donate toward the statue can find  more details at woodstockmural.org/support

[Wellesnet]

Woodstock Welles statue has now been bronzed and will be dedicated and installed next month:
http://www.wellesnet.com/orson-welles-s ... woodstock/

[Wellesnet]

Woodstock to dedicate Orson Welles sculpture June 8:
http://www.wellesnet.com/woodstock-dedi ... sculpture/

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Unveiling of the statue in Woodstock last night:

[Le Chiffre]

On Wellesnet Facebook I remarked that the Woodstock Welles statue reminded me a bit of the Thatcher statue in CITIZEN KANE, and wondered whether that still existed, Seth Alexander Thevoz offered this reply, which I never would have guessed:

The Thatcher statue was a miniature, made from lurpak/butter, and added in to the rest of the set as a trick shot, via an optical printer - not an easy undertaking on a moving camera panning upwards.

I would imagine the original's melted by now!