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Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian
Homage -- Geronimo
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Monument
Sculpture
Geronimo, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Geronimo, (sculpture).
Dates:
1928.
Medium:
Sculpture: plaster (?), painted; Base: stucco over chicken wire and wood.
Inscription:
(On plaque:) MONUMENT/SETTLED IN 1885 AND NAMED FOR A MARKER AT THE/SPRINGS A FEW MILES WEST, MONUMENT REMAINED A RANCHING/COMMUNITY UNTIL OIL WAS DISCOVERED IN 1928. THE INDIAN/STATUE, CALLED GERONIMO BY RESIDENTS, WAS ERECTED IN 1928/BY LAND DEVELOPERS. MONUMENT HAS PRODUCED 4 WORLD/CHAMPION RODEO PERFORMERS: GEORGE WEIR & ROY, BETTY/GAYLE & JIMMIE B. COOPER. A CENTENNIAL/CELEBRATION WAS/HELD IN 1985/ERECTED BY MONUMENT CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
Description:
Full-length figure of a male American Indian stands on a tall, tapered base. The figure's proper left hand is raised, as though he is shading his eyes. He appears to be wearing a long garment with jacket, belt and neckerchief. There is a thunderbird on the back of the jacket.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian
Homage -- Geronimo
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Monument
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Highway 8, Monument, New Mexico
Remarks:
The monument was erected by land developers in 1928. The figure is known locally as "Geronimo" but it is not known whether it is intended to be a portrait of Chief Geronimo. The plaque was installed in 1985 to commemorate the Town of Monument's Centennial.
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 NM000507
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NM000507
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