Alan "Dale" Wright

Don Quixote

Notice: Due to renovations at Scottsdale Civic Center, Don Quixote will be temporarily removed, repaired, and eventually returned to its current location in the lagoon just southwest of Scottsdale City Hall. Learn more.

This welded steel sculpture depicts the fictional character Don Quixote on a horse with a lance. The piece was donated by Mrs. Murphy Smith in 1968.

Alan “Dale” Wright was born and raised in Portland, Oregon in 1935, and was active in the 1970’s art scene in Scottsdale. As well as being a sculptor and artist of renown, Alan was a veteran in the U.S. Army and Navy.