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    		• Burns, Lousia,
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Los Ojos
     
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    Our Lady of Lourdes, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Burns, Lousia, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Our Lady of Lourdes, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Shrine, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1910.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted concrete and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 25 ft. x W. 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A large grotto built on the side of a cliff containing the figures of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette. St. Bernadette kneels before the Virgin Mary wearing a dress and a head covering. The Virgin Mary stands on a ledge in front of Bernadette. At the front of the grotto is an altar. The grotto is topped with a cross.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Religion -- Saint -- St. Bernadette
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Los Ojos
    Grotto
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by San Jose Parish, Los Ojos, New Mexico 87551
    Located First right off Highway 112, heading towards Los Ojos, Los Ojos, New Mexico
    Remarks: 
    The Shrine was built in gratitude to our Lady of Lourdes for saving the Burns family whose stage coach ran away down the hill near the shrine. All of the members of family survived the accident.
    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 NM000191
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