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Schulte,
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- New Testament
Figure group -- Female
Allegory -- Place
Landscape -- Celestial
Emblem -- Cross
Emblem -- Chi-rho Monogram
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
Immaculate Conception Church, (sculpture).
Artist:
Schulte, architect.
Title:
Immaculate Conception Church, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Tower and Relief of Christ, (sculpture).
Dates:
1958.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Relief: concrete; Tower: concrete; Globe: metal.
Dimensions:
Relief: approx. H. 18 ft. x W. 15 ft.; Tower: approx. H. 117 ft. 8 in. x W. 27 ft.; Globe: approx. H. 28 ft. 3 in. x W. 12 ft.
Description:
Decorative elements of the church include a relief of the Crucifixion and a tower topped with a global sculpture. The Crucified Christ is above the entrance. The cross is flanked by two female figures wearing hooded robes. Flanking this group are two columns of Chi-Rho symbols in relief. The tower is a cylindric form whose global sculpture represents the earth; it is encircled by twelve stars and topped with a crescent moon and a cross.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion
Figure group -- Female
Allegory -- Place -- Earth
Landscape -- Celestial -- Star
Emblem -- Cross
Emblem -- Chi-rho Monogram
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Archdiocese of Santa Fe, St. Francis Cathedral, 213 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Located Immaculate Conception Church, 6th & Copper, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Remarks:
IAS files include architectural drawings. Incised plaque on building reads: TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD/TO THE HONOR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION/IN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF THE VISION OF LOURDES/THIS SACRED EDIFICE IS ERECTED ANEW/A.D. 1958/SEVENTY FIVE YEARS FROM THE FIRST BUILDING/JOANNE PP. XIII GLORIOSE REGNANTE/EDUINO VINCENTIO BYRNE ARCHIEPISCOPO/PATRICIO JOSEPHO KELLEHER SJP ROCHE
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.
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 NM000529
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NM000529
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