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Doors of St. Francis Cathedral, (sculpture). Artist:  Quasthoff, Donna Elizabeth, sculptor. McHugh, Lloyd and Associates, architectural firm. Shidoni Foundry, founder. Weston Studios, founder. Title:  Doors of St. Francis Cathedral, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Doors of Saint Francis Cathedral, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Dedicated Oct. 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Panels: bronze with patina; Doors: oak. Dimensions:  16 panels; 2 doors. Overall: approx. 8 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. x 3 in. (each door approx. 600 lbs.) Inscription:  Shidoni (S) (On far left panel, left door:) Donna Elizabeth Quasthoff (copyright symbol) (On 13 other panels:) D.E.Q. (copyright symbol) (On right door, second panel on right:) D.E.Q. (copyright symbol)/14 (On right door, third panel:) D.E.Q. (copyright symbol)/13 (On first panel, in flag:) NUEVA MEXICO/1583 (Many panels have a year inscribed in them, one on each panel in various locations incorporated into the design:) 1598 / 1680 / 1693 / 1790 / 1846 / 1852 / 1869 / 1880 / 1960 / 1986 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A series of 16 bronze door panels depicting the history of the Catholic church in New Mexico. Panels are reliefs and are done in Romanesque style. The first panel depicts Fray Marcos de Niza when he first sighted the Zuni Pueblos. Another panel shows Gen. Don Diego de Varga kneeling before a Franciscan friar, formally returning the city and mission to the mayor and clergy after the "reconquest" from the Indians. Another plaque depicts the Spanish colonists retreating from the burning village in the 1680 Pueblo Rebellion. The last panel depicts the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Pio Laghi, assisted by Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez, celebrating the centenary of St. Francis Cathedral while an Indian woman signs the Our Father in Tewa. Between the panels and around the outer edge of the doors is decorative bronze trim patterned in an intricate design. The door handles are an integral part of this trim, and are in the shape of stylized lions, with hind feet and tail at the bottom of the handles, heads near the top and fore-feet stretched above the head. Subject:  Religion -- Catholicism History -- United States -- New Mexico Ceremony -- Religion -- Mass Occupation -- Religion -- Bishop Occupation -- Religion -- Archbishop Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Portrait male -- de Niza, Marcos, Fray -- Full length Portrait male -- de Varga, Diego, Don -- Full length Portrait male -- Laghi, Pio, Archbishop -- Full length Portrait male -- Sanchez, Robert F., Archbishop -- Full length Animal -- Lion Ethnic -- Indian -- Pueblo Ethnic -- Indian -- Zuni Ethnic -- Indian -- Tewa Ethnic -- Hispanic Figure female -- Full length Architecture -- Religious -- St. Francis Cathedral Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe Door Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Archdiocese of Santa Fe, 223 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Located St. Francis Cathedral Church, 131 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, New Mexico Remarks:  The doors and panels were installed in the main entrance to St. Francis Cathedral as part of the restoration undertaken for its 100th anniversary. The panels were cast at Shidoni Foundry; the door trim and door handles were cast at Weston Studios. Each panel cost approx. $2,000. IAS files contain copies of related articles from The New Mexican, Aug. 21, 1986; Modern Casting, April 1987, pg. 47-49; and excerpt from Fray Angelico Chavez' booklet "The Santa Fe Cathedral," Santa Fe: Schifani Brothers Printing Co., 1987, pg. 64-66. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1993. Modern Casting, April 1987, pg. 47-49. Illustration:  Image on file. Modern Casting, April 1987, pg. 47. 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 NM000432   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000432 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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