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In the Line of Duty, (sculpture). Artist:  Sheets, Tony, 1942- , sculptor. Title:  In the Line of Duty, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Remembrance, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Dedicated Dec. 16, 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete; Base: red granite and bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 x 13 x 7 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 17 x 13 ft. Inscription:  (On central panel, bottom:) REMEMBRANCE (On horse's saddle, lower right, in cursive script:) Tony Sheets 1986 (There is plaque with names of donors and Orange County officials on the top of the base in the rear; also tiles in a checkerboard pattern with the names and dates of officers killed on duty along with their badges) signed Description:  The memorial consists of three free-standing relief panels on a rectangular base. The top surface of the base contains a checkerboard pattern of red granite and bronze tiles. Within the bronze tiles are names of officers killed on duty, birth and death dates and their badges. The central panel, which is the tallest, contains full-length figures of uniformed male and female officers. Both figures wears hats, trousers and short-sleeved shirts. The panel on the left contains a cowboy-hatted figure on horseback. He wears a gun on his proper left hip and a badge on the proper left side of his chest. The sun shines in the upper left corner of the panel. The panel on the right is divided into three sections. The sections contain, from left to right, a police car and helicopter, a uniformed officer on a motorcycle and a male officer holding a little girl. Her hair is in braids and she holds a doll. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Service -- Policeman Dress -- Uniform -- Police Uniform Equestrian Architecture -- Vehicle -- Automobile Architecture -- Vehicle -- Motorcycle Architecture -- Vehicle -- Helicopter Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Ana Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Santa Ana, Policeman's Association, 700 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana, California Located Santa Ana Civic Center, 700 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana, California 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 CA001611   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001611 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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