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    (Lion), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gef, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Lion), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Abyssinian Lions, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1889?
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted concrete on rocks held together by cement.
    Dimensions: 
    2 pieces. (First lion: approx. 41 x 34 1/2 x 75 in. on base approx. 32 x 40 1/2 x 90 in.); (Second lion: approx. 47 x 38 x 75 1/2 in. on base approx. 34 1/2 x 39 x 91 in.).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A pair of lions on separate pedestals. Both lions are painted orange/tan with brown highlights and blue eyes. They are in a resting position with their heads held high.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Lion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Redwood City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Redwood City, Civic Cultural Commission, 960 Glennan Drive, Redwood City, California 94061
    Located Wellesley Park, Wellesley Crescent at Edgewood Road, Redwood City, California
    Remarks: 
    Background information is available at the Redwood Park & Recreation Office and at the Karl Vollmayer Room, Redwood City Main Library. Pages excerpted from a developer's 1889 booklet (included in IAS files), indicate that lions were originally erected for an entry to a posh housing project which was never developed. This booklet refers to the lions as Abyssinian Lions by Gef of Belgium.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CA000035
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