"Padre Junipero Serra - San Mateo, CA" Waymark

Long Description:
From the inventory: "A bust of Father Junipero Serra with tonsured hair wearing a hooded Franciscan habit. Bust is mounted atop a base that is wide at its top and narrower towards the bottom.

Father Junipero Serra, 1713-1784, was a Spanish Franciscan missionary in Mexico and California. Fr. Serra was beatified in 1988. The bust of Fr. Serra was presented to the citizens of San Mateo, California by the San Mateo Serra Club in 1969.

Kenyon Kaiser (On plaque on front of base, raised:) PADRE JUNIPERO SERRA/APOSTLE OF CALIFORNIA/1713 1784 (On plaque on front of mid-base:) Presented to/the Citizens of San Mateo, CA/by the San Mateo Serra Club - 1969/Junipero Serra Beatified - 1988 signed"

TITLE: Padre Junipero Serra ARTIST(S): Kaiser, Kenyon, sculptor. DATE: N/A MEDIUM: Bust: carved wood; Base: concrete. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000638 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Located South El Camino Real & Aragon Boulevard, San Mateo, California DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None

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