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    Hackworth Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown (Italian), stone cutter.
    Title: 
    Hackworth Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Italian P. O. W. Paint Locker, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    July 1944-Oct. 1945.
    Medium: 
    Structure: concrete and stone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Structure: approx. 105.5 x 242 x 290 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 242 x 290 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Top of north side:) Italy unsigned
    Description: 
    Concrete-lined stone-faced paint shed decorated with three castles bearing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers insignia and one castle inscribed with the word Italy.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Domestic -- Shed
    Architecture -- Castle
    Homage -- Hackworth, Major
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Bureau of Land Management, Imperial Valley Irrigation District, 2400 Imperial Road, Winterhaven, California 92283
    Located Yuma Proving Ground, Imperial Road, Yuma County, Arizona
    Remarks: 
    The paint shed was built by government order at the Yuma Test Branch, ca. 1944-1945, by Italian prisoners of war, who were stone masons. The structure was reportedly erected in honor of Major Hackworth (U.S. Army) and is known by local residents as the Hackworth Monument. IAS files contain inscriptions on adjacent plaques; a letter from the director, George W. Howard, of the University of Arizona (dated April 26, 1974); and an article from the Journal of Arizona History (n.d.). Copies of the correspondence and journal article are on file at the Arizona Historical Society (Yuma, AZ) in ephemera file titled: MILITARY-YUMA PROVING GROUND, YUMA TEST STATION.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1992.
    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 AZ000076
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