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  • Standhardt, Frank,
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Hobbs
     
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    Sancta Helena, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Standhardt, Frank, sculptor.
    Jordan, Bill, assistant.
    Title: 
    Sancta Helena, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1958.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Ceramic.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 25 ft. x W. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A mosaic on the facade of the church building depicting St. Helena wearing a long blue tunic, a flowing red shawl, and a crown upon her head. She stands to the right of a large cross and holds it with her proper right hand. St. Helena and the cross stand against a background of descending blue rays of light and yellow cross rays.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Saint -- St. Helen
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Emblem -- Cross
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Hobbs
    Mosaic
    Mural
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Diocese of Las Cruces, 100 East Bender, Hobbs, New Mexico 88240
    Located Saint Helena's Church, Fowler & Bender Boulevard, Hobbs, New Mexico
    Remarks: 
    Sign below front awning reads: SANCTA HELENA. Cornerstone reads: (Cross)/SAINT HELENA'S/CATHOLIC CHURCH/THE MOST REVEREND SIDNEY M. METZGER/BISHOP OF EL PASO/MCMLVIII.
    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 NM000215
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