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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
     
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    Million Dollar Theater Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mora, Jo, 1876-1947, sculptor.
    Martin, Albert C., architect.
    Woolett, William, architect.
    Title: 
    Million Dollar Theater Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1918.
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    Medium: 
    Terra cotta.
    Description: 
    Highly decorative facade of building. Sculpted figures include bison and cow heads, eagles, gargoyles, female figures, eagle-headed Egyptian figures, and various singers, actors and artists.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Animal -- Buffalo
    Animal -- Cattle
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Fantasy -- Monster
    Mythology -- Egyptian
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Dance
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Painting
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Yellin Company, 307 South Broadway, Million Dollar Theater, Los Angeles, California
    Remarks: 
    Building currently undergoing renovation. IAS files contain a related article from Downtown News, Oct. 6, 1994 and a citation to the book "Los Angeles Architectural Guide," by David Gebhard, pg. 229. IAS files also contain an inventory sheet from the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
    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 CA000427
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