Statue of Cesar Chavez

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Cesar Chavez
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The sculpture in 2012
Statue of Cesar Chavez
Artist Pablo Eduardo
Year2007 (2007)
Subject Cesar Chavez
Location Austin, Texas, United States
Coordinates 30°17′8.4″N97°44′25.2″W / 30.285667°N 97.740333°W / 30.285667; -97.740333

Cesar Chavez is an outdoor statue depicting the American labor leader and civil rights activist of the same name by artist Pablo Eduardo, installed on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in Austin, Texas. The bronze sculpture was unveiled on the West Mall, between Battle Hall and the West Mall Office Building, in October 2007. [1]

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References

  1. "Cesar Chavez Statue Unveiled on West Mall of University of Texas at Austin Campus". University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.