Donal Hord: A Body of Work

The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Summer 1985, Volume 31, Number 3
Thomas Scharf, Managing Editor

Hord Exhibit ~ Public Works ~ Complete works ~ Chronology

This index of all known projects by Donal Hord is adapted from the Bruce Kamerling article “Like the Ancients: The Art of Donal Hord” published in the Summer 1985 Journal of San Diego History. Many of the images are available in large format so that the viewer can see the wonderful details such as wood grain.

Watercolor 1 watercolor 4″ x 8″ 1914
Watercolor 2 watercolor 1914
Watercolor 3 watercolor 1915
1 Sphinx sandstone 1916
2 Profile Relief of Woman’s Head plaster, 5 3/4″ sq. 1916
3 Bust of a Bearded Man plaster, 7½” h. 1918
4 Creeping Indian terra cotta, 4 3/4″ h. 1918
5 Laura (Hord’s mother) bronze, 6 1/4″ h. 1919
6 Tenochtitlan terra cotta 1919
7 Earnest Hill unfired clay 1920
8 Mike plaster, 5 1/4″ h. 1922
9 A. Two Wrestlers
B. Captives
C. Gargoyle
D. Takquitch
E. Sleeping Figure
F. Standing Figure
G. Salome
H. Kneeling Male Figure
I. Bearded Head w. Smaller Figure
terra cotta early 1920s
10 El Cacique bronze & mahogany, 14 1/4″ high 1926
10 El Cacique bronze 8 5/8″ high 1926
11 Nahua bronze, appr. 9″ h. 1926
12 Stand with 4 Kneeling Indians
(same stand with bowl)
bronze, 10″ h. 1926-27
13 Stand with 6 Female Figures bronze, 10″ h. 1926
14 Chalchuihnetzin bronze and eucalyptus wood 1927
15 Dying Warriors ~ back ~ side bronze, 9½” h. 1927
16 Study of a Chumash may be this piece in Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History
1927
17 Plaque and Oil lamp bronze 1927
18 Pair of Flower Vases bronze 1927
19 Flower Pot Holder bronze 1927
20 Cuy-a-ho-mar ~ large bronze on wooden base, 23″ h. 1928
21 Ku-Kul-Kan ~ large bronze on oak base, 16″ h. 1928
22 Chaup tinted plaster 1928
23 Standing Indian and
Crouching Figure
bronze, 18″ h. 1928
24 Rhesus Monkey bronze 1928
25 Relief Panel eucalyptus wood 1928
26 Moon & Sea Tobasco mahogany relief, 30″ h. 1928
27 Wotan teak, appr. 14″ h. 1928
28 Woman and Child black walnut 1928
29 Chumash Shaman mahogany 1928
30 Vieja mahogany 1928
31 Tezcatlipoca
(Smoking Mirror Dance)
tropical hardwood, 12″ h. 1928
32 Ome-Tochtli tropical hardwood 1928
33 Tlaloc obsidian, appr. 7″ h. 1928
34 Canec rosewood w. ebony base, 10″ h. 1929
35 Desert Sun preliminary? Tobasco mahogany relief, 35″ h. 1929
35 Desert Sun Tobasco mahogany relief, 35″ h. 1929
36 Frio ebony, appr. 12″ h. 1929
37 Swordfish Dancers Tobasco mahogany relief 1930
38 Chumash Fisherman Tobasco mahogany relief, 57″ h. 1930
39 The Sprit of the Whirlwinds Tobasco mahogany relief, 56″ h. 1930
40 The Spirit of the Hills Tobasco mahogany relief, 56″ h. 1930
41 Channel Wind Tobasco mahogany relief, 36″ h. 1930
42 HurraKan Mexican rosewood, 12″ h. 1930
43 Culua ~ right ~ left Mexican rosewood & mahogany, 13 3/4″ h. 1930
43 Culua model plaster 1930
44 Anthropological Heads terra cotta, 7½” & 8 1/4″ h 1930
45 Young Maize ~ large Mexican rosewood, 30″ h. 1931
46 Noon Mexican rosewood 1931
47 Burden of Earth ~ large Mexican hardwood, 27″ h. 1931
48 Dream of Summer rosewood, 21″ h. 1931
49 Ramiletta polychromed mahogany 1932
50 Desert Night polychromed mahogany, 36″ h. 1932
51 Desert Sunrise ~ side view Mexican hardwood, 40″ h. 1932
52 Oracion polychromed mahogany 1932
53 Family on the Curb terra cotta 1932-33
54 Peon Praying terra cotta, 12 3/4″ h. 1932-33
55 Figure Mexican rosewood 1933
56 Aztec Bride ~ large polychromed mahogany mask, 21″ h. 1933
57 Mayan Mask polychromed mahogany, 14 3/4″ h. 1933
58 Door Panels of
Mexican Man & Woman
mahogany, 71½” h. 1933
59 Four Ornamental Praying Figures mahogany 1933
60 Tropic Cycle ~ large polychrome 1933
61 Carbonero ceramic 1933
62 C.C.C. Workers plaster relief 1934
63 Man With a Sheaf of Wheat ceramic 1934
64 Wheel of Industry cast stone 1934
65 Rhumba Dancers polychrome 1935
66 La Tehuana Indiana limestone 1935
67 Virgin of Guadaloupe mahogany, rosewood, ebony
and polychrome
1935
68 Dr. Edward Hardy bronze relief 1935
69 Indian Father and Son ~ side Mexican rosewood 1935
70 Father Serra ~ back plaster 1935
71 Three Ornamental Monkeys redwood 4″ x 4″ 1936
72 Siesta at Noon Mexican rosewood 1936
Female figure pencil on paper 11″ x 14″ 1936
73 Transportation of the Mail
Riverboat
Stagecoach 1850
Pony Express 1860
Railroad 1868
Airplane 1936
5 pencil drawings for
Santa Barbara Post Office
(never executed)
1936
74 Aztec ~ Aztec model black diorite 1936-37
75 Study of Sam Lewis terra cotta 1937
Male nude figure pencil on paper 11″ x 14″ 1937
Male figure pencil on paper 11″ x 14″ 1937
76 Study of Fred Sietz glazed ceramic 1937
77 Men Working on a Road mahogany 1937
78 Guardian of Water models plaster 1937-39
78 Guardian of Water granite 1937-39
79 La Cubana ~ side view obsidian 1937
80 unfinished piece ~ another obsidian
81 Mexican Mother and Child marble 1938
82 Mexican Beggar Woman marble 1938
83 Veiled Figure marble 1942
84 Swordfish Dancer ~ large lignum vitae 1939
Male nude figure pencil on paper 8 1/2″ x 11″ 1939
85 Fruits of the Earth
(woven by Marian Kendall)
Tapestry, 59″ h. 1939
86 Legend of California Indiana limestone incised relief 1939
87 Rest on the Flight to Egypt black diorite, 30″ h. 1939
88 Girl Reading model 1940
88 Girl Reading Mexican onyx, 30½” h. 1940
89 Sad Woman limestone, 14″ h. 1941
90 Kit Carson school
panel A ~ panel B
incised concrete relief 1942
91 Corn Goddess lignum vitae, 40″ h. 1942
92 Kneeling Male Figure clay, appr. 24″ h. 1942
93 Silas St. John Memorial bronze relief, 24″ sq. 1941-42
94 Vernal Sun ~ large lignum vitae, 42″ h. 1942
95 Midday Sun ~ large lignum vitae, 47″ h. 1942
96 Descending Sun ~ large lignum vitae, 42″ h. 1943
97 Desert Night Wind lignum vitae, 43″ h. 1944
98 Primavera Tennessee pink marble, 36″ h. 1944
99 Desert Sand Wind ~ torso lignum vitae, 42″ h. 1945
100 El Colorado diorite, 53″ h. 1945-46
101 Study of Wally Silberhorn terra cotta, 14″ h. 1945
102 Summer Rain ~ large lignum vitae, 48″ h. 1946
103 Thunder dark green nephrite jade, 20″ h. 1946
104 Spring Stirring (model) 1947-48
104 Spring Stirring glazed ceramic 1947-48
104 Spring Stirring black diorite, 46″ h. 1947-48
105 Annunciation lignum vitae, 44½” h. 1949
106 Man must sow to reap bronze medal, 3″ diam. 1949
107 Yang Kwei Fei apple green nephrite, 21½” h. 1949
108 Peon Game (4 pieces) plaster 1950
109 Autumn Wind ~ large rosewood, 42″ h. 1950
110 Harvest Spirit ~ large rosewood, 51″ h. 1951
111 Pastoral ~ large rosewood, 34½” h. 1951
112 architectural panels
San Diego Public Library
cast stone relief, 10′ h. 1953
113 West Wind rosewood, 45″ h. 1953
114 Baby Chris bronze 1954
115 The Spring bronze, 33″ h. 1955
116 Young bather ~ large ~ front
back ~ 3-fish fountain base
bronze, 31½” h. 1955
117 Good Samaritan bronze medal, 4″ diam. 1955
118 Rhumba Dancers ~ large bronze, 8½” and 9″ h. 1955
119 St. Francis ~ large bronze, 29″ h. 1955
120 Morning black diorite, 6’3″ h. 1951-56
121 Justice glazed ceramic, 24′ sq. 1956
122 El Cargador rosewood, 45″ h. 1956
123 Angel of Peace
Angel of Peace model
bronze, 12′ h. 1956-58
124 Kneeling Figure on a Cloud bronze, 8″ h. 1957
125 Wind Figure bronze, 11½” h. 1957
126 Aeolus bronze, 10½” h. 1957
127 Seated Male nude bronze, 9″ h. 1958
128 Winds around the Moon
at Tule Mountain
~ large
bronze 1958
129 Leaping Figure bronze 1958
130 Sleeper in a Dream bronze 1958
131 American Institute of Architects
Industrial arts medal

back of medal
bronze, 2″ diam. 1959
132 Feast Day of a Saint rosewood, 46″ h. 1958-59
133 Marston Testimonial never executed 1959
134 Mourning Woman granite, 53½” high 1959
134 Mourning Woman terra cotta, 26″ high 1959
135 American Eagle 1 sketch for the San Diego Yokohama
Sister City Society (never executed)
1959-60
136 Noctambulist ~ large rosewood 1959-60
137 Nagual in Moonlight rosewood 42″ high 1960
138 Confederate Memorial Competition
Model of Robert E. Lee
plaster 1961-62
138 Confederate Memorial Competition 1961-62
139 Spring Rain bronze 1963
140 Man With a Mask bronze 1963
141 Day of the Judases rosewood 1963
Listener bronze from terra cotta original 1963
142 Descending Sun ~ large bronze 1964
143 Award of Swedish
Swimming Federation
plaster model 1964
143 Award of Swedish
Swimming Federation
bronze 1964
144 Seated Male Life Study
side view
tinted terra cotta 1964
145 Reclining Life Study plaster 1964
146 Standing Life Study terra cotta 1964
147 Daybreak ~ large ~ more views rosewood 1965
148 Summer Rain ~ large bronze 1966
Unfinished head date
unknown

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