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The Vanquished Race, (sculpture). Artist:  el Djey, Djey, ca. 1911- , sculptor. Title:  The Vanquished Race, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Vanishing Race, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1936. 1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete. Dimensions:  Heroic. Inscription:  (Artist's signature on back proper left side of figure's base) signed Description:  A seated male Native American figure made of rose-colored concrete. He sits with his legs crossed in front of him. He is wrapped in a green blanket so that only his bare feet and hands are visible. His proper right hand rests on his proper left shoulder; his proper right arm rests on his knee. His proper left hand rests near the ground. His hair is painted black. He wears a white headband that has a black geometric pattern painted on to it. The sculpture sits on a black concrete self-base. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Located Thomas Starr King Middle School, 4201 Fountain, Courtyard, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  The sculpture was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Arts Project piece and was meant to represent the early California Native American. IAS files contain copy of article from Los Angeles Times, Dec. 20, 1936 and related excerpt from Nancy Moure's "Painting and Sculpture is Los Angeles", Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999. 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 CA001354   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001354 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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