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    		• Lion, Henry,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Fountain of Honor, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lion, Henry, 1900-1966, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Fountain of Honor, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1930.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 3 1/2 ft. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 29 x 23 x 29 in.; Fountain basin: approx. 41 in. x 14 ft. x 14 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base, proper left, behind figure's proper left foot:) HENRY LION/1930 (On plaque on back of base:) SCULPTOR/HENRY LION (On plaque on front of base:) FOUNTAIN OF HONOR/ERECTED IN 1930/TO THE HUSBANDS, BROTHERS AND SONS OF EBELL/MEMBERS, WHO NOBLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN/THE WORLD WAR (On plaque on front of base:) COMMITTEE/(followed by six names) (16 plaques, one on each side of 16-sided fountain basin:) HONOR ROLL/ (followed by names of contributors) signed
    Description: 
    Full-length female figure in bronze set on a concrete base in the middle of a fountain basin. The figure holds a flagpole and billowing flag in her proper left hand. The base of the pole rests on the ground. Her proper right arm is raised holding an oil lamp. She wears a flowing gown and Roman-style sandals. Her hair is pulled back in a bun. She stands on an octagonal base. There are two small animal heads on opposite sides of the base. The base stands in the center of a 16-sided concrete fountain basin.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Ebell Club of Los Angeles, 743 South Lucerne Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90005
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture and fountain honor husbands and sons of Ebell Club members who served in World War I.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
    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 CA001151
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