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HSA History |
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Archer Milton Huntington |
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Anna Hyatt Huntington |
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The Collections |
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Architectural Context |
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the beginning, Archer Milton Huntington had intended to add sculpture
to the buildings and transform the space through the addition
of monumental works of art. |
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 Anna Hyatt Huntington |
To this end, his wife and prominent sculptor, Anna Hyatt Huntington turned her rare creative talents. |
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| The most notable of her achievements may be the statue of The Cid (1927) holding a lance aloft triumphantly as he charges forward on his stallion. |
| North building and terrace with sculptures by Anna Hyatt Huntington, ca. 1950 |
Anna Hyatt Huntington then
complements this impressive
statue with reliefs of two other
Spanish figures on horseback:
Boabdil (1943), the last Moorish
king of Granada, and Don Quixote
(1942), the mad dreamer
from Cervantes's novel.
complements this impressive
statue with reliefs of two other
Spanish figures on horseback:
Boabdil (1943), the last Moorish
king of Granada, and Don Quixote
(1942), the mad dreamer
from Cervantes's novel.
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