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de los Rios, Efren,
Portrait male -- Hidalgo, Don Miguel
Object -- Other
Ethnic -- Mexican
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
El Cura Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (sculpture).
Artist:
de los Rios, Efren, sculptor.
Title:
El Cura Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (sculpture).
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (sculpture).
Dates:
1938. Dedicated Sept. 16, 1982.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: pigmented and aggregated concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 84 x 37 x 39 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 77 x 77 in.
Inscription:
(Front of bronze base:) INDUSTRIAS MECANICAS/DR. PASCUA No 78/MEXICO D-F/ING. EFREN. DE. LOS. RIOS signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A full-length portrait of Don Miguel Hidalgo. He is standing, depicted wearing a coat and boots, with his right foot in front of his left. He is holding a rolled flag (?) in his proper right hand and a chain (?) in his proper left hand. He stands on a bronze base atop a pedestal composed of pigmented and aggregated concrete.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Hidalgo, Don Miguel -- Full length
Object -- Other -- Flag
Ethnic -- Mexican
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013
Located at El Parque de Mexico, Lincoln Park, Valley & Mission, Los Angeles, California
Remarks:
The sculpture was a gift from the Comite Official de Festejos Patrios. It originally had a different base and was placed closer to the lake. IAS files contain transcription on plaque and excerpt from Reed text which shows sculpture on original base.
Conservation:
Treated 1999 January. Sculpture Conservation Studio (Los Angeles, CA). Treatment report on file with the owner.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc., 1998.
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1998.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 1999.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Reed, Merrill A., "Historical Statues and Monuments in California," pg. 78.
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 CA000402
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