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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Humes, Ralph Hamilton,     Portrait male -- Kino, Eusebio Francisco     Occupation -- Religion     Occupation -- Religion     Dress -- Accessory     Object -- Written Matter     Object -- Other     Emblem -- Cross     Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Nogales     Sculpture

Fr. Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711), (sculpture). Artist:  Humes, Ralph Hamilton, 1901-1981, sculptor. Title:  Fr. Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Father Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711), (sculpture). Dates:  ca 1968. Dedicated June 11, 1968. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 109 x 57 x 57 in.; Base: approx. 56 x 27.5 x 27.5 in. Plaques of San Ignacio and San Xavier: approx. 21 x 18 x 1/4 in. Inscription:  (On proper left base:) R. Humes (On plaque on front of base, raised:) PADRE/EUSEBIO FRANCISCO/KINO SJ/FOUNDER OF MISSIONS/MAN OF GOD/PIONEER EXPLORER/ASTRONOMER/RANCHER TEACHER/CARTOGRAPHER/1645-1711 (On plaque on proper right of the figure, incised:) SAN IGNACIO (On plaque at the back of base, raised:) PADRE KINO FOUNDED 27/MISSIONS & VISTAS. HE/MADE 40 EXPEDITIONS INTO/THE PEMERIA ALTA, BAJA &/CALIFORNIA./FIRST VISITED THE VILLAGE/OF TUMACACORI IN 1691 &/PASSED THIS SPOT MANY/TIMES ENROUTE TO OR FROM/MAGDELENA WHERE HE NOW/RESTS./DEDICATED JUNE 11, 1968/RALPH HAMILTON HUMES, SCULPTOR/CIVIC PROJECT OF THE CITIZENS/OF NOGALES & SANTA CRUZ COUNTY/ERECTED BY THE ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. (On plaque on east side of base, incised:) SAN XAVIER signed Description:  Standing figure of Father Kino, dressed in Franciscan robes with a hat and a cross around his neck. He wears boots with curled toes and has a fringed belt and rosary. Proper right hand holds a staff which the end rests on the base. Proper left hand holds a rolled plan or view of Tumacacori. Two plaques attached to base show bas-relief plans of San Ignacio and San Xavier del Bac, the other two missions he founded. Subject:  Portrait male -- Kino, Eusebio Francisco -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Missionary Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object -- Written Matter -- Map Object -- Other -- Rosary Emblem -- Cross Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Nogales Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of Nogales, Nogales, Arizona Coadministered by Pimeria Alta Historical Society, 136 North Grand Avenue, P. O. Box 2281, Nogales, Arizona 85628 Located Chamber of Commerce Kino Park, Corner of Grand Avenue & Patagonia Highway, Nogales, Arizona Remarks:  Father Kino (1645-1711) founded 27 missions and vistas. He made 40 expeditions into the Pemeria Alta, Baja and California. Installed by the Arizona State Highway Department. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994. 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 AZ000454   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AZ000454 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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