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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Vallmitjana, Abel,     Mario Bemergui Architects,     Casielles Asociados,     Portrait male -- Bolivar, Simon     Occupation -- Military     Ethnic -- Venezuelan     Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans     Sculpture

Simon Bolivar, (sculpture). Artist:  Vallmitjana, Abel, 1910- , sculptor. Mario Bemergui Architects, architectural firm. Casielles Asociados, engineering firm. Title:  Simon Bolivar, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Nov. 24, 1957. Medium:  Sculpture: cast concrete or granite; Base: cast concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 1 in. x 38 in. x 37 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Full-length portrait of Simon Bolivar dressed in brocaded military uniform jacket with epaulets, cape and boots. He holds a sword in his proper left hand, with point downward. He stands atop a platform covered with stones set in red-colored mortar. Four spotlights light the sculpture. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bolivar, Simon -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Ethnic -- Venezuelan Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Orleans, Department of Property Management, 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall, Room 5W01, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Located Garden of the Americas, Canal & Basin Streets, New Orleans, Louisiana Remarks:  The sculpture is a gift from the government of Venezuela to "reaffirm the warm and enduring ties of friendship." Text on plaza platform on which sculpture mounted: CASIELLES ASOCIADOS S.A./MARIO BEMERGUI ARCHITECTS/ABEL VALLMITJAN/SCULPTOR/ERECTED NOVEMBER 1957 (To right of sculpture, when approaching from Canal Street:) VENEZUELA/A/NEUYA ORLEAN (sic) (Venezuelan (?) Coat of Arms) 19 DE ABRIL DE 1810 20 DE FEBRERO 1859/INDEPENDENCIA FEDERACION/REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA. IAS files contain articles from Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) Nov. 25, 1957, Nov. 26, 1957; and The New Orleans States, Nov. 25, 1957. According to a Times-Picayune article July 25, 1985, the sculpture was "recently refurbished." Additional unpublished information related to the memorial is on file at the Historic New Orleans Collection, the Tulane University Library (Louisiana collections); and the New Orleans Public Library (Louisiana collection). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993. Public Monument Conservation Survey Project, 1987. Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968. Illustration:  Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Nov. 26, 1957. Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968, pg. 10. 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 88350006   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88350006 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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