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Isabel La Catolica, (sculpture). Artist:  Sanchez, Jose Luis, sculptor. Grados, Miguel Morenos, sculptor. Title:  Isabel La Catolica, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Queen Isabella, (sculpture). Dates:  1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: concrete, painted white. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 10 ft. x 28 in. x 28 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x 78 in. x 78 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on base, raised:) ISABEL LA CATOLICA/1451-1504/"COLUMBUS, I LENT YOU MY/JEWELS SO YOU COULD BUY/YOUR SHIPS: THE ONLY ORNA-/MENTS I HAVE ARE THE VIOLETS/FROM THE HILLS."/THIS STATUE, A GIFT FROM THE/SPANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE,/STOOD IN THE SPANISH PAVILION/AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR./JOSE LUIS SANCHES OF MADRID/SCULPTOR 1967 (On plaque on base, raised:) CROWN & SCEPTER OF ISABEL/THE FIRST AND ONLY REPLICA/OF THE CROWN & SCEPTER OF QUEEN/ISABELLA AND CASKS OF EARTH FROM/HER PLACE OF BIRTH, MADRIGAL, OLD/CASTILE, AND HER PLACE OF IN-/TERMENT, THE BASILICA AT GRA-/NADA, RESIDE HERE, GIFTS FROM/HER BELOVED GRANADA. THE/ORIGINALS LIE IN THE ROYAL/CHAPEL OF GRANADA/MIGUEL MORENOS GRADOS OF GRANADA/SCULPTOR 1967 (On four small plaques in base corners by recessed lights:) KIM MFG. CO./EL MONTE, CALIF/CAT. No. J-O signed Description:  Standing female figure wearing stylized robe decorated with geometric pattern. The base consists of a long octagonal section on top of a short square section. Subject:  Portrait female -- Isabella the Catholic, Queen -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Mobile Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Mobile, Parks, 400 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama 36606 Located Spanish Plaza, Halfway between Government Street on North and Church Street on South, Mobile, Alabama Exhibitions:  New York World's Fair, New York, 1964-1965. Remarks:  Gift of the Spanish Cultural Institute. Incoming reports listed artist as Jose Luis Sanches. Miguel Morenos Grados was the sculptor of the crown and scepter replicas that were stolen later from the base. IAS files contain copy of newspaper photograph from Mobile Press Register (Mobile, Alabama), March 21, 1968, which shows how the base looked when it still had windows for viewing the replicas of Isabella's crown and scepter (which were stolen in 1981); and copy of newspaper article from Mobile Press Register (Mobile, Alabama), July 17, 1981, which discusses the burglary of the crown and scepter replicas from the base. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Sheffield, Alton, Administrative Asst., Museum Department, City of Mobile, 1976. Illustration:  Image on file. Mobile Press Register (Mobile, Alabama), March 21, 1968. 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 75000016   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75000016 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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