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Religion -- New Testament
Architecture -- Religious
Grotto
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Campo
Sculpture
Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, (sculpture).
Dates:
1944. Dedicated Oct. 17, 1944.
Medium:
Sculpture: ceramic, concrete, stone, glass and metal, painted; Base: concrete and stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 32 x 12 x 12 in.; Base: Diam. 12 ft.
Inscription:
(On bronze plaque on base:) In nomine tuo/foriter pugnamus/prigionieri di/guerra Italiani/1944 unsigned
Description:
A standing figure of Mary, set into a miniature grotto of stone and shielded by a pane of glass set in a bronze frame and mortared to the face of the stone. Below the figure, flanking it on either side are two semi-circular terraces made of cut natural stone from the site.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Architecture -- Religious -- Shrine
Object Type:
Grotto
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Campo
Sculpture
Owner:
Owned by Leach, Archie, 1259 Dewey Place, Campo, California 91906
Located Approximately 7/10 miles from end of paved road (Dewey Place) on right side of dirt road on a hillock predominated with rock outcroppings and small oak trees, Campo, California
Remarks:
Done by Italian prisoners of war interned during World War II at Camp Lockett in Campo. The ceramic figure contained within the shrine was donated by Miss Goodbody. Dedicated and blessed by Father John B. Garrone of the San Diego Diocese of the Catholic Church, on October 17, 1944. The stone for the sculpture was quarried at the immediate site by the P.O.W's. For related articles see: Camp Lockett News I (July-April 1987); Camp Lockett News II (March-Aug. 1988); San Diego Union-North County Edition (San Diego, CA), July 27, 1991.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego 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 CA000571
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