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    		• Wilcomb, Marlee,
     
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    		• Oike, Karl,
     
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    		• Southwest Art Bronze,
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Japanese
     
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    		• Figure male -- Fragment
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Emblem -- Military Insignia
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Nikkei Veterans Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wilcomb, Marlee, sculptor.
    Oike, Karl, designer.
    Southwest Art Bronze, founder.
    Title: 
    Nikkei Veterans Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985. Dedicated Nov. 9, 1986.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. x 1 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on side of base:) "DEDICATED TO ALL AMERICANS OF JAPANESE/ANCESTRY WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES/ARMED FORCES WITH COURAGE AND LOYALTY."/NISEI VETERANS COORDINATING COUNCIL/NVCC/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/NISEI VETERANS COORDINATING COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/(followed by a list of ten participating veterans posts)/ARTIST: MARLEE WILCOMB/FOUNDRY: SOUTHWEST ART BRONZE (On plaque on side of base:) "JIN-SEI"/LIFE (On plaque on side of base:) "KI-BO"/HOPE (On plaque on side of base:) "HEI-WA"/PEACE unsigned
    Description: 
    Bronze sculpture of a man's hand holding a flaming torch. The sculpture stands on a concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Japanese
    Figure male -- Fragment -- Arm
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Emblem -- Military Insignia
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Yaohan Plaza, Facilities Department, 333 South Alameda, Suite 114, Los Angeles, California 90012
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was designed by Oike and sculpted by Wilcomb. The design is based on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's military emblem. The sculpture was commissioned by the Taira Investment Corporation with $40,000 in donations from local businessmen. IAS files contain copy of related article from Los Angeles Times, Nov. 10, 1986. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Michael Several's "Little Tokyo, the Public Art of Los Angeles, Part 2", 1994, pg. 19-21.
    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 CA001345
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