Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Engbrock, Monroe J.,
     
  •  
    		• Texas Lathing - Plastering Contractors,
     
  •  
    		• Object -- Foodstuff
     
  •  
    		• Billboard
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Seguin
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Pecan, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Engbrock, Monroe J., sculptor.
    Texas Lathing - Plastering Contractors, contractor.
    Title: 
    Pecan, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Seguin Pecan, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Sept. 1962.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Portland cement stucco, steel rods, 3/4 in. channel iron and metal lath; Base: cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 2 1/2 ft. x W. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 1 x 5 x 5 ft. (1,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on front of base:) CABEZA DE VACA TRAVELED THE "RIVER/OF NUTS" WHICH WAS THE GUADALUPE./HE WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO RECORD/THE EXISTENCE OF PECANS. HE NOTED/THEY WERE GOOD FOOD AND RECOG-/NIZED ALTERNATE BEARING. HE WAS HELD/CAPTIVE FOR 9 YEARS ON THE "RIVER OF/NUTS" WHERE HE HAD AMPLE OPPORTU-/NITY TO OBSERVE THE GROWTH AND/FRUITING HABITS OF PECANS. THIS PLAQUE/ERECTED ON DECEMBER 1, 1978 BY THE/TEXAS PECAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION/AND THE GUADALUPE COUNTY PECAN/GROWERS ASSOCIATION COMMEMORATES/THE FIRST RECORDED CONTRIBUTION TO/THE PECAN LITERATURE. unsigned
    Description: 
    A large pecan framed with steel rods, 3/4 in. channel iron and metal lath, and covered with stucco. The color is a base of coppers, with cement color added. The pecan lies on its side on a tiered base of cement. On the front of the base is a plaque with a raised seal of the Texas Pecan Growers Association. A wooden sign on two posts stands above the sculpture.
    Subject: 
    Object -- Foodstuff -- Nuts
    Object Type: 
    Billboard
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Seguin
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Guadalupe Valley Pecan Growers Association, FM 466, Seguin, Texas 78155
    Located Guadalupe County Courthouse, Courthouse grounds, corner of East Court & Austin Streets, Seguin, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Dr. E. W. Darilek of Seguin, TX conceived the idea for this piece, designed to commemorate the importance of the pecan to Seguin's economy. IAS files include correspondence (11/2/1974) from Engbrock, which gives detailed media information. Inscription on wooden sign above sculpture reads: SEGUIN/HOME OF THE WORLD'S/LARGEST PECAN.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, San Antonio survey, 1993.
    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 TX000125
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculptureTX000125Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System