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Sculptor:
Hughes, Holly  Search this
Beck, Pat  Search this
Medium:
Mixed media, including adobe, rubber tires, stove pipe, chicken wire, a wagon wheel and rope, painted
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Socorro Mayor's Office Magdalena New Mexico
Located Magdalena Rodeo Grounds Entrance Magdalena New Mexico
Date:
1994
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On front of fence, with rope:) TRAIL'S END/AdObE BY PAT BECK/MEtAl BY Holly HUGheS/19 (two small inscribed plaques) 94 (On one small plaque:) A Community Project/for the Village/of Magdalena (On other small plaque:) Funded by the/AIPP Program of/The New Mexico/Arts Division
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.
Summary:
An installation at entryway to rodeo grounds. Includes a large curved adobe wall with a wagon wheel at the top. Local school children ornamented the wall's surface with hand prints and other decorations. Next to the wall is a seated figure of a pioneer woman, also made of adobe. She wears a sunbonnet, tied in a bow beneath her chin, eyeglasses, an ankle-length dress and a long-sleeved sweater. Behind her, off to the side, is a cowboy sitting on a wood fence with rope inscription. The cowboy is made of chicken wire, stove pipe and other recycled materials. He has a horseshoe moustache and metal cowboy hat, belt and boots. Behind the adobe wall, to the proper left of the cowboy, are two bulls also made of recycled metal. One bull is standing. The other, seated, is made of rubber tires and other recycled materials.
Topic:
Western  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Occupation--Other--Pioneer  Search this
Occupation--Other--Cowboy  Search this
Dress--Historic--Pioneer Dress  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Eye wear  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Control number:
IAS NM000374
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_329851