William Inge Memorial

The two sculptures represented on this page, Marie and Turk, are both characters from the William Inge play, “Come Back, Little Sheba”. We had the great privilege of being asked, along with 3 other notable Kansas sculptors, to contribute a monumental sculpture grouping to be installed in a park in Independence, KS, the birthplace of William Inge.

The scene that we chose is a moment in the play when Marie, an aspiring art student, decides to draw her boyfriend, Turk, for a track and field poster.  The scene takes place in the living room of Marie’s landlord, and was somewhat scandalous owing to the fact that they aren’t married, and they are behind closed doors with Turk so scantily clad.