Saint Anthony, (sculpture).

Saint Anthony, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Saint Anthony, (sculpture).

Dedicated 1974.

Sculpture: concrete (?); Base: painted concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 60 x 20 x 12 in.; Base: approx. 14 x 22 x 21 in.

(On plate on base:) Donated by/Mrs. Nell Rayborn/Honoring/Sister Mary Presentation Flynn/Golden Jubilee 1924-1974 unsigned

Full-length standing figure of St. Anthony holding a small robed child. He wears a monk's robe and open-toe sandals. He holds the child in his proper right hand and long-stemmed flowers in his proper left hand. Rosary beads hang down the proper left side of the robe. The statue stands on an octagonal base.

Religion -- Saint -- St. Anthony

Figure -- Child

Dress -- Ecclesiastical

Homage -- Flynn, Mary Presentation

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston

Sisters of St. Anthony Center, Incarnate Word, 6301 Almeda Road, Houston, Texas

Gift of Mrs. Nell Rayborn in honor of the Golden Jubilee of Sister Mary Presentation Flynn. The site was a Catholic convalescent home which was vacated and put up for sale in the late 1980s.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.

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