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    		• Steinbomer, Henry,
     
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    		• Bumbaugh, Howard,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Antonio
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Sower, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Steinbomer, Henry, sculptor.
    Bumbaugh, Howard, contractor.
    Title: 
    The Sower, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Whatsoever a Man Soweth That Shall He Also Reap, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Jan. 8, 1950.
    Medium: 
    Cast concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 7 ft. 5 in. x W. 12 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH - THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP unsigned
    Description: 
    A relief sculpture of a man sowing seeds. The relief is somewhat stylized and is indented below the surface of the cast stone wall on which it is located. The man stands in profile with his proper left leg forward and his proper right back. He has a sack in front of his torso and holds seeds in the palm of his proper left hand. His proper left arm is bent and swings back behind his body, while his proper right arm is stretched out in front. He wears pants rolled up to the knees and a shirt with sleeves rolled up above the elbows. Round seeds are scattered in front of him.
    Subject: 
    Occupation -- Farm -- Sowing
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Antonio
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Travis Park Methodist Church, 230 East Travis Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205
    Located Travis Park Methodist Church, Travis Park Methodist Youth Building facade, 200 Block of Navarro, Between Houston & Travis Streets, San Antonio, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Misses Emma and Lillie Clerc in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Newton. Henry Steinbomer served as the architect; Howard Bumbaugh was the contractor. The Youth Building was formerly known as Harmony Hall.
    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 TX000123
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