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(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 -- 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   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture LA000038 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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