The Boy with the Boot, (sculpture).

The Boy with the Boot, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

The Boy with the Boot, (sculpture).

Relocated early 1950s. Relocated early 1980s.

Sculpture: pewter and concrete, painted.

Sculpture: approx. 50 x 21 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 13 1/2 x 24 x 24 in.

A boy, made of pewter, is shown standing holding a concrete boot in his upraised proper right hand; his proper left hand tucked in his pocket. The boy wears a cap with bill, a shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and pants with one crossed suspender. His pants are rolled up at the bottom and he wears a boot on his proper left foot. The sculpture is mounted in a seven-sided pool in building lobby.

Figure male -- Child -- Full length

Dress -- Accessory -- Shoe

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- El Paso

Administered by City of El Paso, El Paso Historic Landmark Commission, #2 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, Texas 79999

Located #2 Civic Center Plaza, In lobby, El Paso, Texas

The sculpture, purchased for around $700 to $800, was originally installed at City Hall Park, and was moved in the early 1950s to San Jacinto Plaza's alligator moot. In the 1980s, the sculpture was restored and layers of paint removed. It was then repainted and placed indoors in City Hall, mounted in a pool. The current concrete boot is a replacement for the original pewter boot which was stolen by vandals. A brass cannon from the Civil War originally stood guard by the boy.

Nearby plaque reads: The Boy With Boot/This Pewter statue of the Boy with the Boot/Was Acquired by the city of El Paso in 1901 during/The administration of Major Joseph Magoffin. It has/Previously stood in the Old City Hall Park and in the middle of San Jacinto Alligator Pond. Several copies of the/Boy in existence, the original having been sculpted presumably/By a Central European Residing in Italy.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.

El Paso Times, June 4, 1978, pg. 3-B.

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