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de la Torre, Juan Jaime,
History -- United States
Animal -- Bird
Landscape -- Celestial
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Nogales
Sculpture
Nogales Centennial Sculpture, (sculpture).
Artist:
de la Torre, Juan Jaime, sculptor.
Title:
Nogales Centennial Sculpture, (sculpture).
Dates:
1980.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze, iron and concrete; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Numbers: approx. 42 x 46 x 18 in.; Eagle: approx. 15 x 47 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 18 x 75 x 42 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque front of base, raised:) NAGALES CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE/PRESENTED BY/THE NOGALES COMMUNITY/OCTOBER 19, 1980/DESIGNED BY/JUAN JAIME DE LA TORRE unsigned
Description:
Concrete sculpture consists of the date "1880" cast in large numbers. A radiating iron star is on number one and a bronze eagle with wings spread is perched on top of the second number eight.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Arizona
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Landscape -- Celestial -- Star
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Nogales
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Pimeria Alta Historical Society, 136 North Grand Avenue, P. O. Box 2281, Nogales, Arizona 85628
Located 1180 Grand Avenue, east side of plaza, Nogales, Arizona
Remarks:
Commissioned to commemorate the centennial of Nogales. IAS files contain the text of nearby plaque.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona 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 AZ000299
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AZ000299
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