Hydro Electric Energy, Light and Power, (sculpture).

Hydro Electric Energy, Light and Power, (sculpture).

Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981, sculptor.

Allison, John E., architect.

Allison, David C., architect.

Allison and Allison, architectural firm.

Hydro Electric Energy, Light and Power, (sculpture).

Hydro Electric Energy, (sculpture).

Light, (sculpture).

Power, (sculpture).

Generation, (sculpture).

Distribution, (sculpture).

Utilization, (sculpture).

Digital Reference:

3 panels. Each panel approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 9 ft.

Three figurative limestone relief panels mounted over the entrance to a building. The panel on the left depicts a man kneeling on his proper right knee. He is nude except for a cloth draped over his proper left leg. He holds a water jug on his proper right shoulder; water is pouring out of the jug. He points with his proper right arm, which is extended straight out from his body. In the lower left corner of the panel is part of a water wheel. The water flowing from the jug is pouring down over the wheel.

The center panel depicts a nude male figure draped with a cloth. He kneels on his proper right knee. His proper right arm is extended behind him. In his proper right hand he holds a torch with a large bulb where the flame would be. Rays of light emit from the bulb. His head is turned back to look at the light.

The panel on the right depicts a nude male figure kneeling on his proper left knee in front of a large vertical wheel or turbine. He reaches out in front with his proper left arm and grasps a mechanism connected to the wheel. His back is turned out and his proper right arm is bent behind him.

Figure male -- Nude

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry

Object -- Other -- Wheel

Object -- Other -- Container

Allegory -- Element -- Light

Allegory -- Element -- Energy

Architecture -- Industry -- Power Plant

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles

Architectural component

Administered by One Bunker Hill Associates, 601 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, California 90071

Located One Bunker Hill Building, Northwest corner of Olive & 5th, Los Angeles, California

Formerly located Southern California Edison Building, Northwest corner of Olive & 5th, Los Angeles, California

One Bunker Hill Building was formerly known as the Southern California Edison Building. Architects Allison and Allison designed the original building. IAS files contain copy of related article from California Arts & Architecture, April 1931 and Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1931. Alternative titles of "Generation", "Distribution", and "Utilization", were used in the Los Angeles Times article. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from David Gebhard and Robert Winter's "Los Angeles: an Architectural Guide", Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1994, pg. 228. IAS files contain copy of related Community Redevelopment Agency inventory form.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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