Collection of Correspondence concerning the Sculpture, "Arrowed Death"
Item
Identifier: MSS-44-SC
Scope and Content
The collection consists of letters and memorandum to the National Park Service and the New Mexico Cuarto Centennial Commission soliciting funding for the bronze casting of John Terkin's, "Arrowed Death" sculpture, discussing placing the bronze statue in the patio at Bandelier National Monument. Six photographs accompany the letters. Whether or not the piece was ever cast in and placed at Bandelier National Monument is not answered in the correspondence.
Dates
- 1938-1939
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biographical Information
John Terkin was born in New York City, educated at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, New York School of Fine and Industrial Arts, and studied in Europe for several years. He came to New Mexico in the late 1930s under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art Project. Terkin originally worked in Chaves County where he produced busts of local pioneers. The four works are of John Chisum, Joseph C. Lea, John J. Hagerman, and Amelia Bolton Church. All are exhibited at the Chaves County Historical Center. He was later assigned to the Forest Service at Bandelier. Terkin was told about Bandelier's book, The Delight Makers, and he sculpted a figure of Topanashka, the novel's hero of Frijoles. The sculpture was called "Arrowed Death."
Extent
1 Folder
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Collection of Correspondence concerning the Sculpture, "Arrowed Death", 1938-1939
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Marilyn P. Fletcher
- Date
- ©2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu