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    		• Huff, William Gordon,
     
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    		• L. De Rome Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Solano, Chief
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Fairfield
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Chief Solano, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Huff, William Gordon, 1903- , sculptor.
    L. De Rome Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Chief Solano, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1934. Dedicated June 3, 1934.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 30 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. H. 36 in. x W. 36 in. x Diam. 100 in.
    Inscription: 
    Wm. Gordon Huff L. De Rome, Foundry, 1934 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Chief Solano stands with both feet together, his proper right hand raised with palm outward. He has three feathers in his hair and wears a loincloth. The sculpture is mounted on a circular cement base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Solano, Chief -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Suisun
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Fairfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Solano County, General Service Department, 603 Texas Street, Fairfield, California 94533
    Located 601 Texas Street, Fairfield, California
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Suisun, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was erected with a $5,000 appropriation from the State of California and a gift of $500 from the Massasoit Tribe of Red Men of Fairfield. Francisco Solano, whose Native-American name was Sem Yeto, was chief of the Suisun Indians. As an adolescent Sem Yeto was captured by the Spaniards and taken to Mission San Jose where he was baptized. Later, Solano was given a land grant of Suisun Rancho where he built a home and employed displaced members of the Suisun tribe. The sculpture was originally installed in Suisun and later moved to Fairfield. Around 1984 the sculpture was completely painted. The paint was then removed by scraping the surface of the sculpture with pennies. IAS files contain an article from the Solano Historian (May 1986): pg. 5-10.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA001547
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