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Putnam, Arthur,
L. De Rome Foundry,
Portrait male -- Serra, Junipero
Occupation -- Religion
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Diego
Sculpture
The Padre, (sculpture).
Artist:
Putnam, Arthur, 1873-1930, sculptor.
L. De Rome Foundry, founder.
Title:
The Padre, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Father Serra, (sculpture).
Father Junipero Serra, (sculpture).
Dates:
1908.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 84 in. x Diam. 30 in.
Inscription:
(On oval on top of base, behind figure:) APUTNAM; (On back side of base:) SF 08/CAST BY L. DE ROME'S BRONZE FOUNDRY S F CAL. signed
Description:
Franciscan monk standing with bowed head and hands clasped behind his back.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Serra, Junipero -- Full length
Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Diego
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of San Diego, Park and Recreation Department, 202 C Street, MS 9B, San Diego, California 92101
Coadministered by San Diego Historical Society, P.O. Box 81825, San Diego, California 92138
Located Presidio Park, Across from Junipero Serra Museum, San Diego, California 92138
Provenance:
Donated by Scripps, Edward W., estate of, 1976.
Remarks:
Edward W. Scripps commissioned a series of five California historical figures from Putnam for the Miramar Ranch. Only three were completed: "The Indian," and "The Padre" (located at Presidio Park) and "The Ploughman" (located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) The other two were to be a Mexican ranchero on horseback and a soldier. Both "The Indian" and "The Padre" were loaned to the San Diego Historical Society in 1933 and have been in Presidio Park ever since. Cost five thousand dollars. Sculpture was vandalized in 1988.
IAS files include copy of The Journal of San Diego History, vol. 18, no. 3 (Summer 1972), which gives history of commission. For related reading, see: San Diego Union, Dec. 29, 1940; San Diego Tribune, April 9, 1941; San Diego Union, April 15, 1963, San Diego Union, April 19, 1963, and San Diego Citizen, June 1972. For related articles on 1988 vandalism, see: San Diego Union, Sept. 26, 1988; Sept. 27, 1988; Sept. 28, 1988; and Oct. 10, 1988.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego survey, 1994.
San Diego Historical Society, 1989.
Butler, John, Mrs., 1997.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CA2056, 1989.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Monumental News, Jan., 1910, pg. 22.
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 04020251
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
04020251
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