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    		• Palomar, Jose Torres,
     
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    		• Woodward, W. T.,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- El Paso
     
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    Aztec Calendar, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Palomar, Jose Torres, fabricator.
    Woodward, W. T., contractor.
    Title: 
    Aztec Calendar, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Stone of the Sun, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1952. Dedicated Feb. 17, 1953.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: plaster, painted; Base: concrete; Shelter: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. Diam. 11 ft.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 17 ft. x 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on shelter wall, below sculpture:) AZTEC CALENDAR/(Stone of the Sun)/A replica cast from the original/in the National Museum of Mexico/Presented to the City of El Paso/by/Petroleos Mexicanos
    Description: 
    A circular Aztec "calendar" with images of Aztec iconography in relief, including a face in the center. The plaster is finished to give the appearance of old stone. The sculpture is placed on a wall of an open rock shelter, set on a short square base, with a wrought iron fence in front. The shelter once had fuller side walls and a reinforced concrete roof overhang.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Aztec
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- El Paso
    Relief
    Sundial
    Copy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of El Paso, Parks and Recreation Department, #2 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, Texas 79901
    Located Calendar Park, Traffic island at Texas Avenue, San Antonio Street, El Paso, El Paso, Texas
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located City Hall Park, Traffic island at Texas Avenue, San Antonio Street, El Paso, Texas
    Remarks: 
    One of three replicas cast from a historic Aztec calendar in the Mexican National Museum. It was donated by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico's national oil monopoly, and brought from Juarez, Mexico. Jose Torres Palomar, an art director for Pemex, supervised its assembly and placement. W. T. Woodward served as contractor for the shelter, which was originally fourteen feet high. When the sculpture was dedicated, City Hall Park was renamed Calendar Park.
    IAS files contain newspaper articles from the El Paso Times dating from Dec. 12, 1952 to July 22, 1960.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    El Paso Times, Feb. 17, 1953.
    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 TX000797
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