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Comedy and Tragedy: Muses, (sculpture). Artist:  Hrdy, Olinka, sculptor. Buchanan, Ella, 1869-1951, fabricator. de Vriendt, Stefan, fabricator. Title:  Comedy and Tragedy: Muses, (sculpture). Dates:  1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete. Inscription:  (On lower right:) HRDY (On lower left:) WPA (On upper right:) FAP signed Description:  Bas-relief depicting the comedy and tragedy masks, a guitar, keyboard, pipes, arches and balls. Subject:  Dress -- Costume -- Mask Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Object -- Musical Instrument -- Guitar Object -- Musical Instrument -- Piano Object -- Other -- Pipe Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Monica Sculpture Owner:  Santa Monica High School, 601 Pizo Boulevard, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, California Remarks:  Commissioned through the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Wyman, Marilyn, "A New Deal for Art in Southern California: Murals and Sculpture under Government Patronage," Vol. II, Ph.D. diss., University of Southern California, 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 CA000246   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000246 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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