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Robert Graham (Mexican/American, 1938-2008), ''Plumed Serpent (Quetzalcoatl),'' 1994, painted plaster maquette, overall: 3.5''h x 4.75''w x 4.74''d. Note: Maquette for the large-scale bronze sculpture ''Quetzalcoatl'' (pronounced Ketz-ul-KWAT-il), commissioned by the city of San Jose for $500,000 in honor of Cesar Chavez is one of San Jose's most well known public sculputres. The sculpture sits at the south end of Cesar Chavez Plaza and represents an ancient Meso-American god/figure of creativity and fertility, dating back to pre-Aztec times, in order to honor the city's Hispanic culture and heritage