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Unknown (Japanese),
Homage -- Dean, James
Animal -- Bird
Abstract
Literature -- Saint Exupery
Performing Arts -- Theater
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Cholame
Sculpture
Tribute to a Young Man, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Japanese), sculptor.
Title:
Tribute to a Young Man, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
James Dean Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1983. Dedicated July 4, 1983.
Medium:
Sculpture: fabricated and cast stainless steel or aluminum and brass; Bird: bronze; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 x 6 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
S. OHNISHI (On sculpture:) JAMES DEAN/1931Feb8 - 1955Sep30pm5:59 (infinity symbol) "WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS INVISIBLE TO THE EYE." THIS QUOTATION FROM ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY'S "THE LITTLE PRINCE" WAS PROBABLY JAMES DEAN'S FAVORITE. IT SEEMED TO HOLD A DEEP AND PRIVATE SIGNIFICANCE FOR HIM AND HE USED IT OFTEN - ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE HE LOVED. WILLIAM E. BURT
Description:
An abstract memorial to actor James Dean comprised of a cut-out rectangular shape that surrounds a tree. A bronze bird, possibly a fallen sparrow, lies between two inscribed text plaques on surrounding cement base.
Subject:
Homage -- Dean, James
Animal -- Bird -- Sparrow
Abstract
Literature -- Saint Exupery -- Little Prince
Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Cholame
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Jack's Cafe, California
Located Highway 41 & Highway 46, in front of Post Office, Cholame, California
Remarks:
The memorial was commissioned in 1983 by Japanese businessman Seita Ohnishi and was made in Japan. It commemorates actor James Dean, who died in a car accident Sept. 30, 1955, about 900 yards east of the tree. IAS files contain transcription of text on two nearby plaques. IAS files also contain excerpts from Jack Barth's "Roadside Hollywood," Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991, pg. 8-9; and Kristan Lawson and Anneli S. Rufus' "America Off the Wall: The West Coast," New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Sources differ on medium of sculpture. SOS! survey lists medium as aluminum; Lawson & Rufus text list media as stainless steel, aluminum and brass.
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 CA000937
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000937
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