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Edstrom, David,
Portrait female -- Nightingale, Florence
Occupation -- Medicine
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
Florence Nightingale, (sculpture).
Artist:
Edstrom
,
David
,
1873-1938
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Florence Nightingale, (sculpture).
Dates:
1937. Dedicated April 11, 1937.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: cast stone, painted; Base: cast stone.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 9 x 3 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On proper left side of base:)
Edstrom
37 signed
Description:
"Stylized figure of Florence Nightingale in nurse's uniform and hat with long flowing dress. Originally her proper right hand held a lantern and the proper left hand protected it."
Subject:
Portrait female -- Nightingale, Florence -- Full length
Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse
Object Type:
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 El Parque de Mexico, Lincoln Park, Mission & North Main, near Valley Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Remarks:
Funded by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, and supported by local hospitals. IAS files contain copies of newspaper articles from Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, July 25, 1934, which discusses an earlier design by the same artist for a more elaborate monument to Florence Nightingale; Hollywood Citizen-News, March 18, 1937, which discusses dedication plans for the figure; Los Angeles Times, July 30, 1971, and Los Angeles Times, May 2, 1974, both of which discuss the chronic state of vandalism and disrepair of the figure. IAS files contain copy of dedication program; and news clipping from Los Angeles Times, Aug. 2, 1936, which has photograph of model for sculpture.
Conservation:
Treated 1999 February. Objects Conservation Services (Los Angeles, CA). Treatment report on file with owner.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1976.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Wharton & Griswold Associates, Inc., 1996.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 1999.
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 75000632
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
75000632
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