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Unknown (Italian),
Dudley Parker Company,
Religion -- New Testament
Object -- Flower
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Tyler
Sculpture
Our Lady of the Roses, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Dudley Parker Company, contractor.
Title:
Our Lady of the Roses, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Rosa Mystica, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Nov. 3, 1963.
Medium:
Figure: Italian marble in white, gray, green, rose, and yellow; Base: Italian marble and sandstone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 61 x 25 x 20 in.; Base: approx. H. 25 in. x W. 60 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
The Madonna carved in marble, with white and gray marble robes. She holds sprays of roses carved in green, rose, and yellow marble, with some roses at her feet. She wears long robes and a shawl over her head. Her face is lifted and she holds both hands to her chest. The sculpture is placed in a niche at the base of a bell tower. The niche is lined with blue and gold ceramic tiles and is encircled by a low, wrought iron fence.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Object -- Flower -- Rose
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Tyler
Sculpture
Owner:
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, South Broadway, West Front Street at South Broadway, Tyler, Texas 75701
Remarks:
IAS files contain a related article from Texas Catholic, Nov. 9, 1963, which discusses the dedication ceremony. Sculpture commissioned in Italy; niche and base built by Dudley Parker Company.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000049
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000049
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