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SOM#041, Donald Hord, Man Must Sow to Reap, 1950
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Bronze, 73 mm, 181 g
From the collection of John Birks
Numbers Issued: 1,989 Bronze, 250 Silver
From the collection of John Birks
Number Issued: 725 Bronze
FROM THE ARTIST
The corn-planters of America were responsible for the great pre-columbian civilizations and the survival of the early European immigrants -- hence the American planting with digging stick in hand on the obverse side. A license was taken in the background -- portraying literally ‘dark of the moon,’ the favorite planting time of our white forebearers. The reverse side; the sun above the rainbow personifies the moisture and heat bringing to fruition the planter's efforts.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Donal Hord was born in 1902 at Prentice, Wisconsin. He came to live in San Diego, Calif. In 1916. From 1926-8 he attended the Santa Barbara School of the Arts, studying modeling and lost-wax casting under Archibald Dawson of Glasgow, Scotland. The Gould Memorial Scholarship enabled him to travel and study ancient and modern art forms in Mexico, 1928-9. In 1929-30 he studied briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy and the Beaux Arts in New York.
Since 1930 he has lived and worked in San Diego, devoting himself to stone and wood Sculpture. He received [a] $1,000 grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1942 and the Medal of Merit and award of $1,000 from the same Academy in 1948. He is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, 1942; Associate of the National Academy of Design, 1943; Guggenheim Fellow 1945 and 1947. Elected member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters 1950.
Public works: Fountain, limestone figure, House of Hospitality, Balboa park, San Diego, ‘Guardian and Water’ fountain, gray diorite, San Diego Civic Center; ‘Aztec’ black diorite, San Diego State College. Incised-relief façade, limestone, 56 feet length, six feet high, Coronado High School Library. Various works; obsidian, rosewood, lignum vitae, mahogany, bronze, diorite, jade, marble and terra cotta in museum and private collections.
Mr. Hord has just completed work on a figure in apple green jade weighing approximately one hundred and sixty pounds. This latest work, portraying Lady Yang Kuei-fei, is currently being displayed at the American Institute of Arts and Letters in New York.
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![SOM#041, Donald Hord, Man Must Sow to Reap, 1950
Bronze, 73 mm, 181 g
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,989 Bronze, 250 Silver[/i]
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number Issued: 725 Bronze[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
The corn-planters of America were responsible for the great pre-columbian civilizations and the survival of the early European immigrants -- hence the American planting with digging stick in hand on the obverse side. A license was taken in the background -- portraying literally ‘dark of the moon,’ the favorite planting time of our white forebearers. The reverse side; the sun above the rainbow personifies the moisture and heat bringing to fruition the planter's efforts.
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Donal Hord was born in 1902 at Prentice, Wisconsin. He came to live in San Diego, Calif. In 1916. From 1926-8 he attended the Santa Barbara School of the Arts, studying modeling and lost-wax casting under Archibald Dawson of Glasgow, Scotland. The Gould Memorial Scholarship enabled him to travel and study ancient and modern art forms in Mexico, 1928-9. In 1929-30 he studied briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy and the Beaux Arts in New York.
Since 1930 he has lived and worked in San Diego, devoting himself to stone and wood Sculpture. He received [a] $1,000 grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1942 and the Medal of Merit and award of $1,000 from the same Academy in 1948. He is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, 1942; Associate of the National Academy of Design, 1943; Guggenheim Fellow 1945 and 1947. Elected member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters 1950.
Public works: Fountain, limestone figure, House of Hospitality, Balboa park, San Diego, ‘Guardian and Water’ fountain, gray diorite, San Diego Civic Center; ‘Aztec’ black diorite, San Diego State College. Incised-relief façade, limestone, 56 feet length, six feet high, Coronado High School Library. Various works; obsidian, rosewood, lignum vitae, mahogany, bronze, diorite, jade, marble and terra cotta in museum and private collections.
Mr. Hord has just completed work on a figure in apple green jade weighing approximately one hundred and sixty pounds. This latest work, portraying Lady Yang Kuei-fei, is currently being displayed at the American Institute of Arts and Letters in New York.
Keywords: SOM birks_nude_male](albums/userpics/10001/SOM%23041-combo.jpg "SOM#041, Donald Hord, Man Must Sow to Reap, 1950
Bronze, 73 mm, 181 g
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,989 Bronze, 250 Silver[/i]
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number Issued: 725 Bronze[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
The corn-planters of America were responsible for the great pre-columbian civilizations and the survival of the early European immigrants -- hence the American planting with digging stick in hand on the obverse side. A license was taken in the background -- portraying literally ‘dark of the moon,’ the favorite planting time of our white forebearers. The reverse side; the sun above the rainbow personifies the moisture and heat bringing to fruition the planter's efforts.
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Donal Hord was born in 1902 at Prentice, Wisconsin. He came to live in San Diego, Calif. In 1916. From 1926-8 he attended the Santa Barbara School of the Arts, studying modeling and lost-wax casting under Archibald Dawson of Glasgow, Scotland. The Gould Memorial Scholarship enabled him to travel and study ancient and modern art forms in Mexico, 1928-9. In 1929-30 he studied briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy and the Beaux Arts in New York.
Since 1930 he has lived and worked in San Diego, devoting himself to stone and wood Sculpture. He received [a] $1,000 grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1942 and the Medal of Merit and award of $1,000 from the same Academy in 1948. He is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, 1942; Associate of the National Academy of Design, 1943; Guggenheim Fellow 1945 and 1947. Elected member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters 1950.
Public works: Fountain, limestone figure, House of Hospitality, Balboa park, San Diego, ‘Guardian and Water’ fountain, gray diorite, San Diego Civic Center; ‘Aztec’ black diorite, San Diego State College. Incised-relief façade, limestone, 56 feet length, six feet high, Coronado High School Library. Various works; obsidian, rosewood, lignum vitae, mahogany, bronze, diorite, jade, marble and terra cotta in museum and private collections.
Mr. Hord has just completed work on a figure in apple green jade weighing approximately one hundred and sixty pounds. This latest work, portraying Lady Yang Kuei-fei, is currently being displayed at the American Institute of Arts and Letters in New York.
Keywords: SOM birks_nude_male")
