Albuquerque, New Mexico: Big Cowboy, Upper Half (Gone)

Arms crossed, wearing a soggy looking stetson, a blobby spray-foam statue of a big cowboy dominates a parking lot, but only from the chest up. Repainted several times since the 1970s. Disappeared in 2024.

Aesop's Gables

Directions:: Just north of I-25 exit 228. Take the northbound service road (Pan American E. Fwy NE) across the bridge, and the cowboy will be immediately on the right.
Hours:: Disappeared in 2024.
Admission:: Free
Status:: Gone

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Big Cowboy, Upper Half

Cowboy is behind a locked fence. Whatever business used to be there is now gone. You can pull into the driveway to the fence for a picture. You have to back out onto the street to leave.

[Tania, 08/26/2024]

Cowboy.

Big Concrete Cowboy, Upper Half

The cowboy is now in front of a cabinet company. The gate was open in the small parking lot.

[cindy mcginnis, 06/10/2017]

The cowboy has received a fresh coat of paint since our last report.

Cowboy.

Roadside Cowboy

Huge cowboy...

[Peg Price, 06/30/2013]

...still buried up to his waist in a parking lot.

Half of a cowboy.

Big Concrete Cowboy, Upper Half

In keeping with the latest fashion trends, the Big Concrete Cowboy is currently attired in the earthy hues so popular in Albuquerque today. His western-style shirt has been updated to a stylish terra-cotta clay, and accessorized with a kerchief in contrasting turquoise. His ensemble is topped off with a terra-cotta Setson and turquoise hat band. But he is not concrete, unfortunately. He is made from some type of foam and coating, and is in need of attention if he is to be preserved.

[Gary Epperson, 10/12/2012]

Concrete Cowboy.