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In its far-ranging forays, the western has inspired some wild and, in this case, woody art. In this sculpture by Marisol, John Wayne makes a patriotic appearance in blue jeans and white saddle on a blazing red horse. Marisol, a young Venezuelan now living in New York, cut the 8-foot-long horse from plywood, stuck two boxes on top to serve as head and torso, added carved arm, legs and cowboy hat. She gave Wayne a variety of faces, pasting a publicity photograph on the front of the head and, on the back, drawing him as he appears in tuxedo at premieres. For the side views she drew him in his movie uniform. And, using plaster casts of her own hands, she gave him an extra hand to show he is the fastest draw even in her far-out West.