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Face on the Rock, (sculpture). Artist:  Morgan, Billy, sculptor. Title:  Face on the Rock, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Uncle Billy Morgan, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1897. Relocated 1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sandstone. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 3 ft. 9 in. x W. 3 ft. x Diam. 9 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A face of a man with a moustache carved into a boulder. Subject:  Portrait male -- Morgan, Billy -- Self Portrait Portrait male -- Morgan, Billy -- Head Occupation -- Service -- Policeman Portrait male -- Ketchum, Jack -- Head Occupation -- Crime Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Cimarron Boulder Sculpture Owner:  Boy Scouts of America, Philmont Scout Ranch, Highway 21, Near the entrance to the Ernst Thompson Seton Memorial Museum, Cimarron, New Mexico 87714 Provenance:  Formerly located Mouth of Turkey Canyon, Colfax County, New Mexico Remarks:  The sculpture is reportedly either a self-portrait of the artist or a carving of outlaw Black Jack Ketchum. The artist, Billy Morgan, was a Pinkerton agent from Texas, who relocated to New Mexico to escape death threats made against him, and while hiding out in the canyon area would chisel figures and horses on the sandstone rocks. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico 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 NM000416   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000416 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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