Long Beach Venus, (sculpture).

Long Beach Venus, (sculpture).

Allegrain, Christophe-Gabriel, sculptor. (copy after)

Patel, Harshad, architect.

Long Beach Venus, (sculpture).

Venus au Bain, (sculpture).

Before 1924. Dedicated March 2, 1989.

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Sculpture: concrete, painted; Fountain: concrete, glass.

Sculpture: approx. 12 x 3 x 3 ft.; Fountain: approx. 16 x 40 x 10 ft.

Larger-than-life sized nude female figure. She is bathing, and stands with her proper left foot resting on a stone. A cloth is draped across her proper left thigh. She holds a cloth to her proper right leg. Her gaze is directed down. The concrete sculpture stands on a concrete base resembling a tree trunk. The sculpture and base are situated atop a convex structure of concrete and glass tiles. The structure stands at the back of a fountain basin.

Figure female -- Nude

Recreation -- Leisure -- Bathing

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Long Beach

Administered by City of Long Beach, Public Corporation for the Arts, 434 East Broadway, Long Beach, California 90802

Located Sheraton Hotel, 333 Ocean Boulevard, Courtyard, Long Beach, California

Formerly located Fox West Coast Movie Theatre, Long Beach, California

Nearby plaque: "The Long Beach Venus made her debut in Long Beach in 1924, looking down on Ocean Boulevard from an alcove above the marquee of the Fox West Coast Theater which formerly stood on the site now occupied by Shoreline Square. This graceful figure is an enlarged replica of a 21 inch 18th century bronze entitled "Venus au Bain" sculpted in 1767 by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain in Paris. The original bronze is part of the Louvre collection. Dedicated on Mar 2, 1989, the Long Beach Venus was restored and returned to this site through the combined efforts of Stanley Cohen and Shoreline Square Associates, the Public Corporation for the Arts and the City of Long Beach. The Long Beach Venus links the proud past of this great City with its bright future. It belongs to the citizens of Long Beach given in perpetuity by the partners of Shoreline Square Associates, Stanley Cohen, North American Taisei Corporation and Marubeni Real Estate Development, Inc."

IAS files contain copies of related article from Long Beach Press Telegram, Nov. 8, 1985 and related architect's site plan.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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