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    		• Basterretxea, Nestor,
     
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    		• Escultura y Fundicion,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Figure -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Animal -- Sheep
     
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    		• Landscape -- Celestial
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Basque
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Reno
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The National Monument to the Basque Sheepherder, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Basterretxea, Nestor, sculptor.
    Escultura y Fundicion, founder.
    Title: 
    The National Monument to the Basque Sheepherder, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete with river rock.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 24 x 8 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 2 in. x 23 ft. x 25 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Escultura y Fundicion/Maldonado Mexico D.F 89 (Metal plaque on front of base, in English and Basque:) A FIGURE/AS IF SCULPTED BY THE WIND ITSELF/A MAN SOLITARY AND STRONG,/HELD STRAIGHT BY HIS OWN WILL,/PATIENT LABORER/FACING ONTO THE UNCERTAIN HORIZON/OF ADVENTURE/ENDLESS STRETCHES OF THE SILENCES OF MOON/AND STARS,/THROUGH MOUNTAIN TRAILS:/THIS MONUMENT IS/ETERNAL HOMAGE AND MEMORIAL/TO THE BASQUE SHEEPHERDER NESTOR BASTERRETXEA/SCULPTOR/AUGUST-1989 unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Three vertical slabs with an abstract shepherd projecting from their intersection. The shepherd may hold a lamb and one slab holds aloft a circular moon. All are colored green and are set atop a two-tiered base with an inscribed plaque.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Figure -- Full length
    Occupation -- Farm -- Shepherd
    Animal -- Sheep
    Landscape -- Celestial -- Moon
    Ethnic -- Basque
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Reno
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Washoe Parks and Recreation, 2601 Plumas Avenue, Reno, Nevada 89502
    Located San Rafael County Park, North end, Reno, Nevada
    Remarks: 
    Nearby wall lists the donors, and nearby plaque reads: A Project of the Society of Basque Studies in America. Homage and memorial to the Basque sheepherder. IAS files include diagram of sculpture and its setting.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada survey, 1994.
    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 NV000196
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