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(Hollywood High School Bas-Relief: Liberal Arts Building), (sculpture). Artist:  Nickerson, R. W., sculptor. Title:  (Hollywood High School Bas-Relief: Liberal Arts Building), (sculpture). Dates:  1934-1935. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 5 x W. 15 ft. Inscription:  (On lower left:) R. W. Nickerson (Incised in block lettering within composition:) ART ENGLISH FOODS CLOTHING signed Description:  Bas-relief panel over entrance to high school. It depicts women cooking, sewing, serving food, writing in a book and making pottery. Men are shown with a book and a painter's palette. All are dressed in 1930s style clothing. The words ART, ENGLISH, FOODS and CLOTHING are incised throughout the composition. The panel is painted white. Subject:  Figure group Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Occupation -- Domestic -- Cooking Occupation -- Domestic -- Sewing Occupation -- Craft -- Potter Occupation -- Art -- Painter Occupation -- Writer Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Art Tool -- Palette Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Los Angeles Unified School District, Office of the Superintendent, 450 North Grand Avenue, Room 8223, Los Angeles, California 90012 Located Hollywood High School, Highland and Sunset, Liberal Arts Building, Los Angeles, California References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. 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 CA000241   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000241 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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