Sanbusco Investments 500 Montezuma Avenue Santa Fe New Mexico 87501
Located Sanbusco Market Place Southwest corner of parking lot Santa Fe New Mexico
Date:
Sept. 1992. Dedicated Oct. 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On plaque at foot of sculpture:) Guadalupe/This Guadalupe Shrine honors all of the visions of the/Virgin around the world. The Directionals above touch/on issues that seem to challenge our planet right now:/Peace, the Poor, the Honoring of Women, our Sorrows,/Hope and the Environment./Kristina Prater/Charlie Miner/October 1993/See Alter Box for additional information (On individual slats on post, from top to bottom:) GUADALUPE/HOPE/BANNEUX/FATIMA/SORROWS/ROCKIES/CZESTOCHOWA/ANGELES signed
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Summary:
Sculpture consists of a pole with an altar box at its base, eight sign posts in the center and a full-length figure of the Virgin Mary at the top. The figure wears a red garment under a blue hooded garment and a crown. There is a crescent at her feet and gold rays emanating around her. The sign posts indicate places where the Virgin has been sighted and themes connected with her appearances.
