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Rodriguez, Dionicio,
Landscape -- Tree
Sculpture
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Suitland
Bench
Broken Tree Bench, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Rodriguez, Dionicio, 1891/93-1955, sculptor.
Title:
Broken Tree Bench, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1936.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Concrete with faux bois finish.
Subject:
Landscape
--
Tree
Object Type:
Sculpture
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Maryland
--
Suitland
Bench
Owner:
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Suitland
,
Maryland
20746
Remarks:
IAS files contain copy of an article titled "Mourning Wood: Hidden in
Suitland
, the Treelike Treasures of Dionicio Rodriguez," by Anita Wynn, Washington City Paper, May 5, 2010.
The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: "THE BROKEN TREE BENCH / IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS WORK OF / ART SENOR DIONICIO RODRIQUEZ(sic) OF / MEXICO CITY HAD A DEFINITE CONCEPTION OF WHAT HAD THEORETICALLY HAPPENED / TO BRING ABOUT THIS UNUSUAL BENCH. HE PICTURED CENTURIES AGO A CLOUDBURST / CAUSED A GREAT WALL OF WATER TO SURGE DOWN / THIS VALLEY FOLLOWED BY A VIOLENT WINDSTORM THAT BLEW DOWN THIS TREE, AND / WHEN THE TREE STRUCK THE ROCK, THE UPPER PART WAS BROKEN AND THROWN BACK / WITH SUCH FORCE THAT THE LIMBS WERE / DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND - THE WOODMAN'S / AXE THEN SHAPED UP THE RUINS INTO A / RUSTIC LOG SEAT WHICH SERVES AS A / RESTING PLACE. AN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF TRUE CREATIVE GENIUS."
References:
Wynn, Anita, 2010.
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 78680001
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
78680001
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