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    		• Saemundsson, Nina,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Ericson, Leif
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Norwegian
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Leif Erikson, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Saemundsson, Nina, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Leif Erikson, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Head of Leif Erikson, (sculpture).
    Bust of Leif Erikson, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1936. Dedicated Oct. 1936.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On rear proper right bottom edge:) Nina Saemundsson/sc/1936 (On bronze plaque on front of base:) LEIF ERIKSON/EXPLORER/LANDED IN AMERICA/YEAR 1000 signed
    Description: 
    Larger than life bronze head of Leif Erikson on black granite clad pedestal set on concrete slab. The front of the pedestal has a bronze relief plaque of a Viking ship.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Ericson, Leif -- Head
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Ethnic -- Norwegian
    Architecture -- Boat
    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 Griffith Park, Fern Dell at Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift of the Nordic Civic League, presented by Haakon H. Hammer, president. An estimated 80,000 Norwegian Americans attended the dedication ceremony. IAS files contain related newspaper clippings from Los Angeles Examiner, Oct. 2, 1936; Hollywood Citizen-News, Aug. 7, 1936; copy of Municipal Art Department Inventory form, and excerpt from Merrill A. Reed's "Historical Statues and Monuments in California."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1976.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Reed, Merrill A., "Historical Statues and Monuments in California," PG. 30.
    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 75000645
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