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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Lion, Henry,     California Art Bronze Foundry,     Portrait male -- Anza, Juan Bautista de     Occupation -- Other     Occupation -- Political     Figure group     Ethnic -- Spanish     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles     Sculpture

Juan Bautista De Anza, (sculpture). Artist:  Lion, Henry, 1900-1966, sculptor. California Art Bronze Foundry, founder. Title:  Juan Bautista De Anza, (sculpture). Dates:  1927. Dedicated Dec. 4, 1927. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 54 in. x Diam. 48 in.; Base: approx. 7 1/2 x 60 x 60 in. Inscription:  (On shoulder:) Henry/Lion Sc/1927 (On plaque on base:) JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA/SOLDIER EXPLORER AND/DISCOVERER OF THE OVERLAND/ROUTE FROM SONORA MEXICO/TO CALIFORNIA LEADER OF THE/FIRST SPANISH SETTLERS WHO/CAME THROUGH SAN CARLOS/PASS DECEMBER 1775 ON THEIR/WAY TO MONTEREY/DONE FOR LOVE OF/CALIFORNIA/DEDICATED BY THE NATIVE SONS/OF THE GOLDEN WEST AND THE/LOS ANGELES HISTORICAL SOCIETY/1927 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bust of Juan Bautista de Anza sits atop a round stone base with a relief carving around its circumference. The relief depicts a procession of early Spanish settlers including men, women, one child and a priest in robes, carrying a cross. Some ride horses, others walk. There are seven horses and two cows interspersed with cacti. The round stone base rests on a two-tiered concrete base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Anza, Juan Bautista de -- Head Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Occupation -- Political -- Governor Figure group Ethnic -- Spanish Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located Carthay Circle, San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  Juan Bautista de Anza (1735-1788?) established a land route to Monterey, California and founded San Francisco. He was also governor of New Mexico. A 1927 source in IAS files lists Eulalia Boulevard as sculpture site. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc., 1998. 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 CA000434   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000434 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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