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Southwest Pieta, (sculpture). Artist:  Jimenez, Luis, 1940-2006, sculptor. Title:  Southwest Pieta, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Pieta del Suroeste, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1981. 1983. Installed 1988. Dedicated May 18, 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted fiberglass; Base: painted concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 18 x 8 ft; Base: approx. 12 x 30 x 28 ft. Inscription:  (Plaque on base:) Southwest Pieta/"Pieta del Suroeste"/Luis Jimenez 1983 (copyright symbol) 1/5 signed Description:  Fiberglass sculpture of an Aztec male and female atop a 12 foot base resembling a mountain. The male is kneeling and cradling a lifeless female figure who represents his dead love. She is draped in a white cloth with a spray of roses; the snake that bit her encircles nearby. The male is bare-chested and wears a loincloth and headband. Behind the male figure is an eagle and agave plant. The scene illustrates the Aztec legend of Popocatepetla and Ixtaccihuatl --a star-crossed lovers legend in which the male returns from battle to find his love has died because she thought he was dead. Subject:  Figure group Ethnic -- Indian -- Aztec State of Being -- Death Landscape -- Mountain Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Albuquerque, Public Art Program, P. O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 Located Longfellow Park, Martineztown, corner of Edith & Roma, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $25,000 given in 1981 to the City of Albuquerque. Additional funding was provided by the City of Albuquerque's One Percent for Art Program ($25,000). The sculpture was originally to be placed in Tigueux Park, near Old Town, but controversy over its subject matter resulted in installation at Longfellow Park. IAS files include transcription of plaque text; copy of Oct. 28, 1988 NEA Descriptive Report, dedication announcement, and related newsclippings. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1993. SOS Assessment Award, 1998. SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1998. Inventory staff, 2000. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. Illustration:  Man on Fire: Luis Jimenez - El hombre en Ilamas, Albuquerque, NM: The Albuquerque Museum, c1994, plate 95. 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 NM000152   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000152 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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