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Promise, (sculpture). Artist:  Pickle, Conrad, sculptor. Gillian, Cheryl, designer. Title:  Promise, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Holy Spirit Garden, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Dedicated May 30, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 74 x 35 x 35 in.; Base: approx: 54 x 40 x 63 in. Inscription:  (On northeast face of sculpture:) "INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT" (On northwest face of sculpture:) "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE" (On southwest face of sculpture:) "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE" (On southeast face of sculpture:) "THE SOULS OF THE JUST ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD" (Illegible transcription of founders mark) unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Six arms from the elbow up emerge from a half-sphere of the planet Earth and extend towards the heavens. The arms form a ring with uplifted hands where a dove hovers with outstretched wings and olive branch in its beak. Subject:  Allegory -- Religion -- Heaven Allegory -- Religion -- Salvation Figure -- Fragment -- Arm Animal -- Bird -- Dove Landscape Object -- Foliage -- Olive Branch Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Mesa Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Catholic Cemetery, Diocese of Phoenix, 1438 West Broadway, Phoenix, Arizona 85282 Located Queen of Heaven Cemetery, 1500 East Baseline Road, Mesa, Arizona Remarks:  Sculpture was dedicated by Bishop Thomas J. O'Brian. IAS files contain related article from The American Cemetery, Oct. 1992, pg. 81. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. "Cemetery Features Are A Conrad Pickel Specialty," The American Cemetery (Oct. 1992): pg. 81. 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 AZ000055   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AZ000055 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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