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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Asawa, Ruth,     Portrait male -- Boedekker, Alfred A.     Occupation -- Religion     Animal -- Bird     Cityscape -- California     Cityscape -- Street     Children     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco     Mural     Sculpture

Redding School, Self-Portrait, (sculpture). Artist:  Asawa, Ruth, 1926-2013, sculptor. Title:  Redding School, Self-Portrait, (sculpture). Dates:  1984. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Glass fiber reinforced concrete. Dimensions:  Panel: approx. 4 ft. x 16 1/2 ft. x 2 1/4 in.; Overall: approx. 69 x 21 1/2 x 11 in. Inscription:  (On upper right center of relief, in airplane banner:) REDDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (copyright symbol) 1984 RAL Inc LM signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bas-relief wall mural featuring a portrait of Father Alfred Boedekker surrounded by children and scenes from San Francisco. Images incorporated in the mural include animals, plants, a city street with cars and houses, airplanes and birds. The mural is of glass fiber reinforced concrete and is framed with a plain concrete border. Subject:  Portrait male -- Boedekker, Alfred A. -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Animal -- Bird Cityscape -- California -- San Francisco Cityscape -- Street Children Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Mural Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Alfred Boedekker Recreation Center, Father A. Boedekker Park, Jones Street & Eddy Street, San Francisco, California Remarks:  The artist was assisted by the children of Redding Elementary School, who created images in pastry dough. These images were then incorporated into the overall design of the mural. IAS files contain copy of related May 13, 1986 Art Commission Memorandum. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. "San Francisco Civic Art Collection: a Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco", San Francisco: the Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 22. 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 CA001749   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001749 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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