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Josset, Raoul,
Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Cavelier de
Occupation -- Other
Ethnic -- French
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Indianola
Relief
Sculpture
Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle, (sculpture).
Artist:
Josset, Raoul, 1899-1957, sculptor.
Title:
Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle, (sculpture).
Dates:
1936.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 40 ft. x 5 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 6 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(On proper left side of sculpture:) RAOUL JOSSET SCULPTOR (On proper left side of granite shaft:) RENE ROBERT CAVELIER/SIEUR DE LA SALLE/A GENTLEMAN BUT NOT A COURTIER/A PROUD INDEPENDENT YET TIMID/NATURE AN EXPLORER OF BOLD/VISION AND UNTIRING ENERGY/LA SALLE'S COLONY ON MATAGORDA/BAY GAVE THE UNITED STATES ITS/FIRST CLAIM TO TEXAS AS A PART/OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE/AMERICA OWES HIM AN ENDURING/MEMORY FOR IN THIS MASCULINE/FIGURE SHE SEES THE PIONEER WHO/GUIDED HER TO THE POSSESSION/OF HER RICHEST HERITAGE/FRANCIS PARKMAN
(On back of granite shaft:) RENE ROBERT CAVELIER/SIEUR DE LA SALLE/ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS/1936 (On proper right side of shaft:) RENE ROBERT CAVELIER/SIEUR DE LA SALLE/BORN IN ROUEN FRANCE NOV. 22/1643. CAME TO CANADA IN 1666/FOUNDED A FIRST SETTLEMENT NEAR/MONTREAL/LED SEVERAL EXPEDITIONS/ON THE GREAT LAKES AND THE OHIO/AND ILLINOIS RIVERS/COMPLETED THE EXPLORATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI 1682 ON JULY 24 1684 LA SALLE SAILED/FROM FRANCE TO ESTABLISH A COLONY/AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI/LANDED AT MATAGORDA BAY FEB./15, 1685/THERE ESTABLISHED FORT ST. LOUIS/WHILE ON HIS WAY TO CANADA HE WAS MURDERED NEAR THE/TRINITY RIVER MARCH 19 1687 signed
Description:
Full-length figure of the explorer de la Salle. He has long hair and a moustache. He wears a long cloak and holds a sword in front of him with both hands; the tip of the sword rests on the ground in front of his feet. The larger-than-life sized sculpture is carved in low-relief on the front of a granite shaft, except for the figure's head, which is three-dimensional. The figure gazes down to his proper left. The granite sculpture stands on a concrete base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Cavelier de
Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
Ethnic -- French
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Indianola
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Calhoun County Commissioner's Court, 211 South Ann, Port Lavaca, Texas 77979
Located State Park, Texas Highway 316, Indianola, Texas
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.
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 TX001066
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