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FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE
Contact: Mark Tullos
(337) 482-1369
resources@louisiana.edu
PISTOLS: DAZZLING FIREARMS TRAVEL TO LAFAYETTE
January 17 through May 30, 2007
LAFAYETTE, LA - This exhibit brings together over fifty of the most magnificent decorative and historically important American firearms from the Autry’s permanent collection, selected for their extraordinary quality, condition, and elegance. Pistols: Dazzling Firearms was organized by the Museum of the American West, Autry National Center in Los Angeles and will open on January 17, 2009, and run through May 30. The Lafayette Pistols exhibition is the only one offered in the American south and a rare opportunity to view one of the finest collections of its kind in the world.
Highlights of the show include Wild Bill Hickok’s Model 1851 Navy revolver, Annie Oakley’s Smith and Wesson, and six presidential guns designed by the Colt Company, including one designed for President John F. Kennedy. One of the most elegant and unique pieces in the collection was a gift from Jackie Autry to Gene Autry on his eighty-first birthday. The remarkable Autry-Tiffany Dragoon, the product of a collaboration between Leonard Francolini and Tiffany & Co. designers, is elaborately decorated with two well-known paintings of the American West: Frederic Remington’s A Dash for Timber and Buffalo Hunt, Chase by George Catlin.
The exhibition will explore the political, social, and historical aspects of the decorative pistols; the influence of iconic Western painting; and the artistic talent of firearms engravers. This exhibition reveals how art, historical events, and popular culture have shaped the design and symbolism of decorative firearms.
NOTE: DOWNLOADABLE COLOR IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE BY GOING
TO http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/downloads/pistols_images.zip
for PC images
Or http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/downloads/pistols_images.sit
for MAC format
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The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette, Louisiana is Acadiana’s architectural landmark and the largest art museum between Houston and New Orleans. The Museum features a variety of changing exhibitions and a continuing schedule of lectures and programs. Come enjoy the Museum and the beauty of University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus just blocks away from the galleries, shops, and famous restaurants of downtown Lafayette and the Oil Center.
Hours and Admission: Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM,
Sunday and Monday- Closed
General Information: Please visit http://museum.louisiana.edu or call
337-482-2278
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