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Martin Marty - Tamachecha, (sculpture). Artist:  Zimmerman, Carl, Mrs., sculptor. (possibly by) Daprato Statuary Company, fabricator. Title:  Martin Marty - Tamachecha, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1948-1949 (?). Medium:  Sculpture: concrete or stone; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 83 x W. 26 in.; Base: approx. H. 35 in. x W. 30 in. Inscription:  (Incised on base:) MARTIN MARTY/"TAMAHECA"/APOSTLE OF THE SIOUX INDIANS/FIRST ABBOT OF/THE BENEDICTINES/AT/ST. MEINRAD INDIANA/VICAR APOSTOLIC/OF DAKOTA TERRITORY/FIRST BISHOP OF SIOUX FALLS/1831 1896 unsigned Description:  Full-length portrait of Bishop Martin Marty in the vestments of his office, including long robe, stole, mitre, crucifix and pointed hat. He holds a Bible in his proper left hand and with his proper right hand encircles a Native-American youth, who stands before him holding a cross. The youth is dressed in fringed trousers, mocassins, and has braids. They stand on a circular plinth atop an inscribed rectangular base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Marty, Martin -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Bishop Dress -- Ecclesiastical Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Figure male -- Child Ethnic -- Indian -- Sioux Emblem -- Cross Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Marty Sculpture Owner:  Administered by St. Paul's Convent, Rural Route, Marty, South Dakota 57380 Located Marty School for Indians, Rural Route, Marty, South Dakota Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates Bishop Martin Marty, first Bishop of Sioux Falls. The sculpture may have been designed by Mrs. Carl Zimmerman, who sculpted model of church's facade (Apostle of the Nation). Works was possibly fabricated ca. 1948-1949, at Daprato Statuary in St. Louis. It is believed the facial features of Bishop Marty were derived from an original oil painting of the Marty located in St. Paul's Convent. IAS files contain related excerpt from "The Little Bronzed Angel," vol. XXVI, no. 8 (Nov. 1949), a church newsletter. SOS! survey lists media as concrete; church newsletter gives media as carved stone. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota 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 SD000116   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SD000116 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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