Adolph Bandelier
ArtistAfter
Gutzon Borglum
(American, 1867 - 1941)
Artist
John Houser
(American, born 1935)
Artist
Ethan Houser
(American)
Foundry
Shidoni Foundry and Galleries
(American, 1971 - 2017)
Date1993
Mediumbronze with granite base
DimensionsWith base: 17 7/8 × 6 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (45.4 × 17.1 × 23.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from Edward and Phyllis Gladden, 1993
Object number2018.2
DescriptionA portrait head of a middle-aged man with deep set eyes. The man is bald on the top of his head with hair along the side and back. The bronze has a deep patina and is attached to a brown marbled, granite base.Text Entries
The object was found in the fall of 2015 during an inventory of selected sculptures. From articles found in the Library, the bust was commissioned by the Council for Art of the West, a subcommittee of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation in 1993. The MNM Foundation has a notation that $750.00 was donated for the bust, but no purchase invoices have been located.
In 1933, Bandelier's wife donated a plaster-cast bust that was carved by Borglum in 1906 to the Museum of New Mexico. The plaster bust is currently in the collection of the New Mexico History Museum. The plaster bust was transfered from MOA to History on 8/26/1969. The original plaster cast was used as a model to complete a latex rubber mold for this sculpture which was cast by the Shidoni Foundry. John and Ethan Houser created the latex mold.
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