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Morgan, Billy,
Portrait male -- Morgan, Billy
Portrait male -- Morgan, Billy
Occupation -- Service
Portrait male -- Ketchum, Jack
Occupation -- Crime
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Cimarron
Boulder
Sculpture
Face on the Rock, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Morgan, Billy, sculptor.
Title:
Face on the Rock, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Uncle Billy Morgan, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
ca. 1897. Relocated 1967.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sandstone.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. H. 3 ft. 9 in. x W. 3 ft. x Diam. 9 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A face of a man with a moustache carved into a boulder.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Morgan, Billy
--
Self Portrait
Portrait male
--
Morgan, Billy
--
Head
Occupation
--
Service
--
Policeman
Portrait male
--
Ketchum, Jack
--
Head
Occupation
--
Crime
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
Mexico
--
Cimarron
Boulder
Sculpture
Owner:
Boy Scouts of America, Philmont Scout Ranch, Highway 21, Near the entrance to the Ernst Thompson Seton Memorial Museum,
Cimarron
,
New
Mexico
87714
Provenance:
Formerly located Mouth of Turkey Canyon, Colfax County,
New
Mexico
Remarks:
The
sculpture
is reportedly either a self-portrait of the artist or a carving of outlaw Black Jack Ketchum. The artist, Billy Morgan, was a Pinkerton agent from Texas, who relocated to
New
Mexico
to escape death threats made against him, and while hiding out in the canyon area would chisel figures and horses on the sandstone rocks.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
Mexico
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 NM000416
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NM000416
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