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Alferez, Enrique,
Occupation -- Labor
Occupation -- Industry
Occupation -- Domestic
Figure group -- Male
Object -- Tool
Landscape -- Tree
Object -- Tool
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Sculpture
(Diagonal Drive Bridge), (sculpture).
Artist:
Alferez, Enrique, 1901-1999, sculptor.
Title:
(Diagonal Drive Bridge), (sculpture).
Dates:
1936-1937.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Concrete on a concrete bridge.
Dimensions:
4 reliefs. Each relief: approx. H. 3 ft. W. 12 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque within one of the reliefs:) USA/WORK PROGRAM/WPA unsigned
Description:
Two low reliefs which each appear twice on a concrete bridge. The reliefs are on the inner (roadside) surfaces of the bridge walls, which are curved. The duplicate reliefs are located diagonally across from each other. The reliefs depict workers in City Park during the Works Progress Administration. Included in the work being done: hauling dirt in a wheelbarrow, surveying, planting and chopping down trees.
Subject:
Occupation
--
Labor
Occupation
--
Industry
--
Engineering
Occupation
--
Domestic
--
Gardening
Figure group
--
Male
Object
--
Tool
--
Wagon
Landscape
--
Tree
Object
--
Tool
--
Shovel
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture
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Louisiana
--
New Orleans
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City Park Improvement Association, 1 Palm Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124
Located City Park, Diagonal Drive Bridge, New Orleans, Louisiana
Remarks:
The artist did all the work for this piece on-site in the park as part of the Works Progress Administration. The Historic New Orleans Collection artist files contain additional information on this sculpture. IAS image file contains photographs of only 2 of the reliefs --one of each design.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993.
Reeves, Sally K. Evans, William D. Reeves, "Historic City Park New Orleans," 1982.
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 LA000038
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
LA000038
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