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Baca Family,
Architecture -- Religious
History -- United States
Emblem -- Cross
Homage -- Baca,
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico
Sculpture
Shrine, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Baca Family, sculptor.
Title:
Shrine, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
ca. 1940.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Metal, wood and found objects.
Dimensions:
Approx. 6 x 4 x 4 ft.
Description:
Shrine consists of a small chapel with statuary inside. On the outside it is decorated with flowers, rosaries and other trinkets. There is a cross on the roof above the entrance, decorated with flowers and beads.
Subject:
Architecture
--
Religious
--
Shrine
History
--
United States
--
World War II
Emblem
--
Cross
Homage
--
Baca,
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
Mexico
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Highway 60 near Box Canyon, between mile markers 132 & 133, Socorro County,
New
Mexico
Remarks:
Shrine was built by the Baca family to protect their son who was fighting in World War II. It was moved when the road was diverted. The Shrine is enclosed by a wire fence and is accessible by a gate with a cross overhead.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
Mexico
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 NM000586
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NM000586
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