The Fighting Stallions - San Marcos, TX
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vhasler
N 29° 53.349 W 097° 56.522
14R E 602154 N 3306972
Large statue of two fighting stallions. Rider is on one with the other on ground.
Waymark Code: WMK4AC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2014
Views: 6
Large art on the Texas State campus.
Official description: Two fighting stallions, one with a nude bareback male rider. Another fallen rider lies on the ground to one side of the animals. Both horses rear up on their hind legs, chests almost touching, forelegs intertwined. The sculpture is painted brownish-green.
Inscriptions:
Anna Hyatt Huntington Stanerigg 1950
ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC
THE FIGHTING STALLIONS BY ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON, GIFT OF MR. AND MRS. ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON STANERIGG FARM BETHEL, CONNECTICUT/1952
Placed at west end of the main campus mall. Dark color statue in excellent condition.
TITLE: The Fighting Stallions
ARTIST(S): Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington
DATE: 1950
MEDIUM: Painted aluminum on concrete base
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX001124
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
San Marcos, Texas, on campus of Texas State University on the main mall between Derrick Hall & Evans Liberal Arts Building.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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