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Gray, Jim,
Figure group
Object -- Foodstuff
Object -- Tool
Homage -- Chamness, Albert
Homage -- Chamness, Reba
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Marcos
Sculpture
Chamness Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Gray
,
Jim
, sculptor.
Title:
Chamness Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 1957.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Plaster, bricks, and cement.
Dimensions:
Approx. 101 x 57 x 12 in.
Inscription:
(Above figures:) CHAMNESS (Stone slab in front of memorial:) Dedicated 1957 in Memory of/Albert and Reba Chamness unsigned
Description:
A relief of three figures arranged in a triangular configuration. The top figure is a woman in a dress, standing, holding a bundle of grain stalks in her proper left arm, and a scythe in her proper right hand. Below her are two men -- both shirtless. One kneels, holding a bowl with both hands. The other also kneels, about to plant two seeds which he holds in his proper left hand.
Subject:
Figure group
Object -- Foodstuff -- Grain
Object -- Tool -- Scythe
Homage -- Chamness, Albert
Homage -- Chamness, Reba
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Marcos
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Palomar College School District, Boehm Gallery, 1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, California 92069
Located Palomar College, Adjacent to the Board Room at the SSC Building, San Marcos, California 92069
Remarks:
The sculpture was donated in October 1957, in honor of Albert and Reba Chamness who helped in the early planning stages of Palomar College. IAS files contain an article from the Palomar College newspaper Telescope dated April 30, 1976.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego survey, 1993.
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 CA000116
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000116
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