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    		• Barrenchea-Villegas, Victor Hugo,
     
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    		• Mora, Miriam Gandica,
     
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    		• Tadolina, Adamo,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Bolivar, Simon
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Simon Bolivar, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Barrenchea-Villegas, Victor Hugo, caster.
    Mora, Miriam Gandica, engineer
    Tadolina, Adamo, 1788-1868, sculptor. (copy after)
    Title: 
    Simon Bolivar, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    General Bolivar, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Dec. 6, 1984.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: cast concrete with bronze plaques and a marble inset.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 25 x 15 x 6 ft., including base; Base: approx. 12.47 x 24.82 x 16.73 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Inscriptions front marble inset on base:) SIMON BOLIVAR/LIBERATOR OF: COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PANAMA, PERU,/VENEZUELA AND FOUNDER OF BOLIVIA/HE LED THE VICTORIOUS ARMY/FROM CARACAS TO POTOSI/ENGAGING IN THE CONCLUSIVE BATTLES OF:/BOYACA, AUGUST 7, 1819/CARABOBO, JUNE 24, 1821/PICHINCHA, MAY 24, 1822/JUNIN, AUGUST 6, 1924/AYACUCHO, DECEMBER 9, 1824 (Rear marble inset on base:) WITH THE PASSING OF TIME YOUR GLORY SHALL BE/EXALTED LIKE THE BOUNDLESS SHADE OF THE SETTING SUN CHOQUEHUANCA/SIMON BOLIVAR, THE LIBERATOR, WAS BORN IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA ON JULY 24, 1783 AND DIED IN SANTA MARTA COLOMBIA ON DECEMBER 17, 1830./HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO CARACAS ON DECEMBER/17, 1842 FOR RE-INTERMENT IN THE NATIONAL PANTHEON
    (Rear bronze inset on base:) THE PRESIDENT OF THE/REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA,/DOCTOR JAIME LUSINCHI,/DEDICATED THIS MONUMENT/ON DECEMBER 6, 1984
    Description: 
    "Male figure astride a rearing horse. Figure wears military dress: a decorated coat with sash, epaulets, a flowing cape, and tall boots. A sword, sheathed in its scabbard, hangs over his left thigh. Figure extends his hat out to one side. Base on which the sculpture sits is decorated with bronze plaques which commemorate Simon Bolivar, the countries he liberated, and the dedication of the monument."
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Bolivar, Simon -- Full length
    Equestrian
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Animal -- Horse
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
    Located United Nations Plaza, Hyde & Fulton Streets, West end, San Francisco, California
    Remarks: 
    A gift from the government of Venezuela to the city of San Francisco in 1981, this statue is a cast by Victor Hugo Berrenchea-Villegas of Adamo Tadolini's original 19th century piece. Miriam Gandica Mora was engineer for the 1984 base.
    References: 
    Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
    City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Art Commission, "San Francisco Civic Art Collection: A Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco," 1989, pg. 23, no. 1.15.
    San Francisco Progress, Oct. 7, 1983, A-5.
    San Francisco Progress, Oct. 5, 1983, A-10.
    San Francisco Progress, April 4, 1984, A-3.
    San Francisco Progress, Dec. 7, 1984.
    Illustration: 
    San Francisco Progress, Dec. 7, 1984.
    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 CA000006
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