Recycled materials including: washing machine motors, auto springs, car motor assembly parts, spark plugs, tractor seats, railroad spikes, horse shoes, shovel parts, rakes and refrigerator parts, painted
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Folk
Sculptures
Place:
New Mexico
Mountainair
Date:
1990
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.
Image on file.
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Summary:
A folk sculpture consisting of several brightly colored western figures, objects and animals, made from a variety of recyled materials. Includes a cowboy accompanied by his wife. The cowboy is seen standing, wearing a hat and holding a mug in his proper left hand and a lantern in his proper right hand. His wife stands next to him. She wears a bonnet and holds a kettle and a bucket, one in each hand. Next to them, a second cowboy stands atop wagon planks, hauling buckets and a lantern. He wagon is pulled by a team of animals and possibly birds. The cowboy holds the reins in his proper right hand.
