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Centurion, Manuel,
Homage -- Carranza, Emilio
Occupation -- Transportation
Ethnic -- Mexican
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Tabernacle
Relief
Sculpture
Carranza Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Centurion, Manuel, 1883-1948, sculptor.
Title:
Carranza Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1930s.
Medium:
Stone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 12 x 4 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(Along lower edge of memorial:) M. CENTURION (On one side of memorial:) Messenger of Peace/The People of Mexico/Hope that your high/ideal will be revealed/Homage of the children of Mexico/to the Aviator Captain/Emilio Carranza/Who died tragically on July 13/1928 in his good will flight (The text is repeated in Spanish on the other side of the memorial) signed
Description:
Rectangular stone monument which tapers in towards the top. On the front face of the monument is a bas-relief carving of a highly stylized eagle falling towards the ground.
Subject:
Homage -- Carranza, Emilio
Occupation -- Transportation -- Pilot
Ethnic -- Mexican
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Tabernacle
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Wharton State Forest, Carranza Road, Tabernacle, New Jersey
Remarks:
The memorial commemorates Capt. Emilio Carranza, a Mexican aviator and emissary, whose plane crashed on his return flight from a goodwill trip to the United States. The memorial marks the crash site. Funding for the memorial was provided by school children from Mexico City. The stones for the memorial were quarried near Mexico City. The memorial was erected by American Legion Post No. 11 of Mount Holly (NJ). IAS files contain copy of related New Jersey Save Outdoor Sculpture exhibition brochure entitled "Stories of Discovery: Volunteer's Accounts of New Jersey's Outdoor Sculpture".
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996.
Inventory Staff, 2020.
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 NJ000566
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000566
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