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King City Union High School Auditorium, (sculpture). Artist:  Mora, Jo, 1876-1947, sculptor. Stanton, Robert, architect. Title:  King City Union High School Auditorium, (sculpture). Dates:  1939. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete. Description:  Bas-relief panels decorate the facade of a building. Above the front entrance to the building is a mural featuring nine panels depicting early California life. The panels are arranged in three rows of three panels and are separated vertically by two fluted columns. Each of the column is topped with a man's head done in high relief. The head on the left is comic; the head on the right is tragic. The top center panel shows two men running a motion picture camera; the other panels depict dancers from various cultures and historical periods. The sides of the building are decorated with concrete pillars featuring bas-relief full-length figures. The figures decorate each of the three exposed sides of the pillars. The figures are mythical in character and costume. One of the figures is Pan playing the pipes. The background of the bas-relief panels is painted red. Subject:  Figure male -- Head Figure group History -- United States -- California Performing Arts -- Theater -- Filmmaker Object -- Musical Instrument -- Flute Performing Arts -- Dance Mythology -- Classical -- Pan Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- King City Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by King City High School, District Office, 800 Broadway, King City, California 93930 Located King City Union High School Auditorium, 720 Broadway, King City, California Remarks:  Plaque on side of building: "King City Union High School Auditorium. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works - Project No. Calif. 1591 DS. Erected under the direction of the Board of Trustees, S. N. Bunte - President, E. W. Tholcke, L. I. Hitchcock, P. H. Frudden, J. D. Kenner. 1939. Robert Stanton architect." 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 CA001956   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001956 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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