In this June 10, 2013 file photo, artist Preston Jackson uses a butter knife to work on the small details of his oil-based, clay model statue of comedian Richard Pryor at his studio in the Contemporary Art Center building in Peoria, Ill. On Friday May, 1, 2015 the larger-than-life statue will finally be erected in the Warehouse District at the corner of Washington and State Streets. The unveiling ceremony will be on Sunday.

(Nick Schnelle, Peoria Journal Star)