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Mygdal, Eugenie Kamrath,
Castleberry Art Foundry,
Figure group -- Male & Child
Allegory -- Life
Animal -- Horse
Animal -- Cattle
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
Sculpture
Generations, (sculpture).
Artist:
Mygdal,
Eugenie
Kamrath
,
sculptor
.
Castleberry Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Generations, (sculpture).
Dates:
1990. Dedicated Sept. 22, 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
Cowboy: approx. 74 x 54 x 36 in.; Girl: approx. 53 x 8 x 30 in.; Horse: approx. 102 x 30 x 96 in.; Colt: approx. 58 x 22 x 80 in.
Inscription:
(On cowboy's chaps, proper left side, saddle, proper left side and one other location:) GENERATIONS/1990/
SCULPTOR
EUGENIE
KAMRATH
MYGDAL/CLASS OF 1961. (On cowboy's chaps, proper right side:) CAST BY/CASTLEBERRY ART FOUNDRY (On left plaque on T-shaped post:) The rugged longhorn steer, mascot of the University is depicted here as a new and/curious calf. The old cowboy, representing wisdom and knowledge, is the link between/the past, present and future. He is the facilitator to the new generation-calf and girl-/who greet each other with excitement and wonder./The longhorn calf suggests that the/University is a place of renewal, and that knowledge is passed from generation to generation. The grandfather-cowboy and the young girl-granddaughter convey the nurturing/aspects of the University as a family. The horse and pony are symbols of part of our/Southwest heritage. The entire sculpture group symbolizes the continuing efforts of Texas/Exes and citizens to sustain a university of highest quality./
Eugenie
Kamrath
Mygdal,
Sculptor
/BFA 1961/The Ex-Students' Association/Dedication, September 22, 1990 (On right plaque on T-shaped post:) In Honor of/President William H. Cunningham/President Peter T. Flawn/Dr. George Kozmetsky/by/Dr. Richard J. Gonzalez/BA 1931, MA 1932, PhD 1934. (Additional names are incised in the cowboy's clothing) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A cowboy and a little girl stand with a horse and a colt. The cowboy wears a wide-brimmed hat, chaps, boots and bandana. He holds a newborn calf in the crook of his proper left arm and pats a horse with his proper right hand. The girl stands to the cowboy's proper left and reaches toward the calf with her proper left hand. A colt stands on the other side of the horse.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male & Child
Allegory -- Life
Animal -- Horse
Animal -- Cattle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Texas at Austin, President's Office, Main Building, Room 400, P. O. Box T, Austin, Texas 78714
Located University of Texas at Austin, Alumni Center, left of entrance, San Jacinto Street, south of 23rd Street, Austin, Texas 78712
Remarks:
Gift of the Ex-Students' Association. IAS files contain partial transcription of inscription text.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS TX001128
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX001128
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