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Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes, (sculpture). Artist:  McCain, Buck, 1943- , sculptor. Santa Fe Bronze, founder. Title:  Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Founder of Albuquerque, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Dedicated April 23, 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. 10 in. x 9 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 14 in. x 12 ft. x 10 ft. Inscription:  (Proper lower left front on sculpture:) McCain/1987 Santa Fe Bronze signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdez seated on a horse with his proper right arm raised. He is holding the top portion of a scroll with the plans of the city in his proper right hand, while his proper left arm is lowered and his proper left hand is holding the bottom portion of the scroll. He wears a sword on his proper left side. Subject:  Portrait male -- Cuervo y Valdez, Francisco -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Ethnic -- Spanish Animal -- Horse Equestrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Albuquerque, Public Art Program, P. O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 Located Albuquerque's Old Town, Intersection of Romero Street and Rio Grande Boulevard N.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico Remarks:  Francisco Cuervo y Valdes was the founder of Albuquerque. The statue was commissioned and funded through the City's One Percent for Art Program. Total cost $100,000. IAS files contain a copy of the City's announcement call for the sculpture; the artist's submission; an undated City Press Release; and a one page biography of the sitter. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1993. City of Albuquerque Public Art Program, 2009. 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 NM000005   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000005 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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