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Religion -- Angel
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Lindsay
Sculpture
Angel Guardian, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Angel Guardian, (sculpture).
Dates:
1940.
Medium:
Statue: marble, painted white; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. 15 ft. x 26 in. x 26 in.; Base: approx. 10 x 26 x 26 in.
Inscription:
(On side of upper base: founder's mark) (On metal plaque on side of plinth:) Angel Guardian In Memory of/Mr. and Mrs./Clemens Hermes/1940 Founder's mark appears.
Description:
An angel with large full-length wings, dressed in a long tunic, stands with hands placed on the shoulders of a small child. The child, dressed in a simple tunic, folds its hands at chest level in a gesture of prayer. The statue is placed atop a circular column located in the center of a large circular planter with shrubbery and a low curb.
Subject:
Religion -- Angel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Lindsay
Sculpture
Owner:
St. Peter's Parish, Lindsay, Texas 76250
Remarks:
Statue is in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Clemens Hermes.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000421
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