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Goddess of Flight, (sculpture). Artist:  Martin, Antone, d. 1961, sculptor. Title:  Goddess of Flight, (sculpture). Dates:  1951. Dedicated 1974. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted concrete, plaster; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 4 x 5 1/2 ft. Inscription:  (On plaque on base:) GODDESS OF FLIGHT/CREATED DURING/THE SUMMER OF 1951/BY THE FAMOUS SCULPTOR ANTOINE (sic) MARTIN/PRESENTED TO THE/YUCCA VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER/MAY 15, 1974/BY DEVELOPER NORMAN J ESSIG/ERECTED BY/YUCCA VALLEY ROTARY CLUB/C. A. "AL" LE FEVRE, PRES. 1971-74. unsigned Description:  Full-length nude female figure. She stands on her proper right foot on tiptoe. Her proper left leg is bent and held high. Her back is arched and her arms raised high overhead. Her head rests on the center of an abstract upside-down "V" shape. The concrete and plaster sculpture is painted white. The sculpture rests on a base of mortared stones. Subject:  Figure female -- Nude Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Yucca Valley Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Yucca Valley, Museum Director, 57090 29Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, California 92284 Located Yucca Valley Civic Center, 57090 29Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, California Remarks:  The sculpture was given to the city by Norman J. Essig, and installed by the Yucca Valley Rotary Club. 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 CA001682   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001682 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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