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    		• Putnam, Arthur,
     
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    		• McDougall, C. C.,
     
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    		• Mythology -- Egyptian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    Sphinx, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Putnam, Arthur, 1873-1930, sculptor.
    McDougall, C. C., sculptor. (copy after)
    Title: 
    Sphinx, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1905.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculptures: reinforced concrete or California granite, painted; Bases: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    2 sphinxes. Each sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 10 in. x 33 in. x 9 ft. 11 in.; Each base: approx. 2 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 11 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Two identical sphinxes of a recumbent lion with a man's head, placed about thirty feet apart. They rest on their haunches with proper left front paw curled in toward the proper right extended paw. Their tails curve to the proper right. The heads are covered by an Egyptian headdress with laps that extend down both sides of the face to the breast. The sculptures are placed atop rectangular beige bases.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Egyptian -- Sphinx
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
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    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, Public Monuments, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
    Located Golden Gate Park, Tea Garden Drive, flanking footpath to parking lot of M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculptures are replicas of originals designed by C. C. McDougal for the Egyptian Museum circa 1894. The originals were placed in the same location in 1894 at the Midwinter Fair. People climb on the sculptures daily. For related reading see: California Living Magazine (May 3, 1981): pg. 47-49; and California Art Research, 6: pg. 18.
    References: 
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CA2023, 2062, 1989.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1905, April 1908.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    California Living Magazine (May 3, 1981).
    Monumental News, April 1908, pg. 286.
    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 CA000985
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