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    		• Sanchez, L. L.,
     
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    		• Unknown (Mexican),
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Mexican
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Antonio
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Cuautemoc 1521, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Sanchez, L. L., sculptor.
    Unknown (Mexican), sculptor. (copy after)
    Title: 
    Cuautemoc 1521, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Replica of "El Flechador del Cielo," (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Oct. 10, 1921. Dedicated 1921.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete over a steel armature; Base: concrete with inset tiles.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 69 x 39 x 46 in.; Base: approx. 38 1/2 x 40 x 41 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) Cuautemoc Aguila que 1521 Cae (On lower proper left of sculpture:) LL Sanchez/10-10-1921 (On right side of base:) En los Relojes del Mundo Nunca Suena la hora De La Justicia (On left side of base:) Solament Las Horas Luminosas se Cuentan en La Vida. signed
    Description: 
    A male Native American, kneeling with his proper left arm raised in a fist and his proper right arm bent and raised away from his body. His head is thrown back and he looks toward the sky. He wears an elaborate feather headdress, ear ornaments, loin cloth, calf bands, and sandals. The sculpture represents an Aztec cursing the conquest of his people. It rests on a concrete base with inset tiles.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Aztec
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Mexican
    Object Type: 
    Copy
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Antonio
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Southwestern Bell Corporation, Telephone Pioneers of America, 4119 Broadway at Hildebrand Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78209
    Located Pioneer Park, 4119 Broadway at Hildebrand Avenue, San Antonio, Texas
    Provenance: 
    Formerly administered by USAA, 1962.
    Acquired from Urrutia, Aureliano,
    Remarks: 
    This sculpture is a copy after the original which is in Mexico. The land was formerly owned by Dr. Aureliano Urrutia who sold it to USAA in 1962. The site, now named Pioneer Park, has been known as Urrutia Park and as the Mira Flores Park Site.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, San Antonio survey, 1993.
    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 TX000124
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