HOUSTON -- A curved 16-foot-by-46-foot ranch scene mural in Houston is getting a new home in New Mexico.
The $4 million artwork by Southwestern muralist Peter Hurd, in Texas Medical Center’s old Prudential Life Insurance Building, depicts ranch life. The building faces demolition to make way for a new treatment center.
The mural is called: "The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare for It."
The Houston Chronicle reported, for its Tuesday editions, that a wealthy benefactor acting on behalf of Artesia, N.M., provided the money to relocate the mural. The person’s name was not made public.
Hurd, who died in 1984, once had a studio in Artesia. The mural will be moved to the town’s new public library.
