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Rodriguez, Dionicio,
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- New Testament
Landscape -- Foreign
Landscape -- Israel
Landscape -- Mountain
Grotto
Relief
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
Sculpture
Crystal Shrine Grotto: The Crucifixion, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rodriguez, Dionicio, 1891/93-1955, sculptor.
Title:
Crystal Shrine Grotto: The Crucifixion, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Crucifixion, (sculpture).
Dates:
1935-1939.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Plaster and cement.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 7 ft. 6 in. W. 10 ft.
Description:
A depiction of the Crucifixion of Christ, one of ten scenes or niches within a large manmade cave called the Crystal Shrine Grotto. The background sculpted in relief consists of a depiction of the village of
Jerusalem
in the foreground and the Calvary with the three crosses in the background. On the crosses are low-relief figures of the two thieves with a high relief figure of Christ in the middle.
Subject:
Religion
--
New Testament
--
Christ
Religion
--
New Testament
--
Crucifixion
Landscape
--
Foreign
--
Holy Land
Landscape
--
Israel
--
Jerusalem
Landscape
--
Mountain
--
Calvary
Object Type:
Grotto
Relief
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Tennessee
--
Memphis
Sculpture
Owner:
Memorial Park Cemetery & Funeral Home, Grounds Maintenance, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119
Provenance:
Formerly located Memphis Memorial Park, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119
Remarks:
Memorial Park was originally named Memphis Memorial Park, but the corporate name was changed to Memorial Park, Inc. in 1976. IAS files contain an unpublished paper on Memphis Memorial Park, written around 1992 by Lisa Simpson, a former curator of Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN, which discusses the conception, planning and creation of the Crystal Shrine Grotto. Clovis Hinds, the original owner of Memorial Park Cemetery, commissioned the Grotto and helped with the planning; Dionicio Rodriguez created the Grotto and sculpted this relief scene. The Crystal Shrine Grotto was opened to the public in 1939.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
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 TN000400
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TN000400
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