Don Quixote (Teno)

Don Quixote
Artist Aurelio Teno
Year 1976 (1976)
Type Bronze
Dimensions 4.6 m × 1.8 m × 3.7 m (15 ft × 6 ft × 12 ft)
Location Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates 38°53′49″N 77°03′17″W / 38.89693°N 77.05459°W / 38.89693; -77.05459Coordinates: 38°53′49″N 77°03′17″W / 38.89693°N 77.05459°W / 38.89693; -77.05459
Owner National Park Service

Don Quixote is a sculpture by Aurelio Teno located at the northeast corner of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., United States. The sculpture of Don Quixote was a gift from Spain for the United States Bicentennial. In 1993, the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program surveyed and assessed the work and found that it needed treatment.[1]

Description

Don Quixote depicts a bronze and stone figure of Don Quixote wearing a full suit of armor riding his horse Rosinante which emerges from a jagged piece of stone.[1] The jagged stone is Colmenar stone from Pamplona. Only the front portion of Don Quixote and his horse are visible. The horse appears to be charging forward out of the stone with his head raised, mouth open, and hooves kicking. The left foot of the horse is not formed, intentionally, by Teno. In Don Quixote's hand is a 12 feet (3.7 m) lance of steel. Both figures are loosely modeled and the figures and stone rest on a 66 short tons (60,000 kg) oval base measuring 4 by 5 by 12 feet (1.2 m × 1.5 m × 3.7 m) which was cut into three pieces for transport by ship to the United States.[2]

An inscription on the sculpture reads:

SCULPTOR
A. TENO
MADRID
ESPAÑA - 1976[1]

Acquisition

King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía presented the sculpture June 3, 1976, on behalf of Spain to the United States in honor of its bicentennial.[1][2]

About the artist

Spanish artist Aurelio Teno started his professional sculpture career at age eight. He described Don Quixote as his life work, having devoted his career to creating art about the subject.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Don Quixote, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey. Smithsonian Institution. 1993. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kennedy Unit to Get King's Gift". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. May 9, 1976. Retrieved 2014-11-04.

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