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    		• Cortella de Rubin, Pilar,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- de Vaca, Alvar Nunez Cabeza
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Spanish
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cortella de Rubin, Pilar, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Dedicated Sept. 28, 1987.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze with brown patina; Base: polished gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 43 x 46 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 37 3/4 x 42 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of bust, near bottom:) Pilar Cortella de Rubin 1986 (Incised on front of base:) ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE VACA/(1490-1560)/THE MODERN HISTORY OF TEXAS/BEGAN WITH THIS EXPLORER FROM SPAIN/WHO LIVED HERE FROM 1528-1536./THIS SCULPTURE HAS BEEN DONATED/ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF/THEIR MAJESTIES KING JUAN CARLOS/AND QUEEN SOFIA OF SPAIN./LA HISTORIA MODERNA DE TEJAS/COMIENZA CON ESTE EXPLORADOE/ESPANOL QUE AQUI VIVIO ENTRE/1528 Y 1536./ESTA ESTATUA HA SIDO DONADA CON/OCASION DEL LA VISITA DE SS. MM. LOS/REYES DE ESPANA DON JUAN CARLOS/Y DONA SOFIA/SEPTEMBER 28, 1987/ARTIST: PILAR CORTELLA DE RUBIN/BORN IN SEVILLE, SPAIN signed
    Description: 
    Bust depicts Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca as a curly-haired man with a mustache and beard. He wears the uniform of a sixteenth century Spanish soldier, including breast plate armor, full pleated sleeves and a triangular helmet.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- de Vaca, Alvar Nunez Cabeza -- Bust
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Dress -- Historic -- Armor
    Ethnic -- Spanish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Houston, Municipal Arts Commission, P. O. Box 1562, Houston, Texas 77251
    Located Hermann Park, Rose Garden, Houston, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Donated to the City of Houston on the occasion of a visit by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain on Sept. 28, 1987. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1560) was a Spanish soldier and explorer who lived and explored in Texas from 1528-1536.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000329
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