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Athletics, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, Sargent, 1887-1967, sculptor. Title:  Athletics, (sculpture). Dates:  Completed 1942. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 15 ft. x W. 180 ft. Description:  A relief mural showing students or Olympians in various sport activities. Depicted are, from left to right: two girls golfing; five Olympic circles, connected; three male hurdlers; six males; an Olympic torch encompassed by an olive branch; a female lacrosse player; three female archers; eleven football players in front of a goal post; two female tennis players; two male wrestlers; three male soccer players; two male baseball players; one male basketball player; a female swimmer; a female diver; three females in a shell, rowing; five males carrying a shell. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Education -- Student Occupation -- Sport -- Archery Occupation -- Sport -- Baseball Occupation -- Sport -- Basketball Occupation -- Sport -- Boating Occupation -- Sport -- Football Occupation -- Sport -- Golf Occupation -- Sport -- Soccer Occupation -- Sport -- Swimming Occupation -- Sport -- Tennis Occupation -- Sport -- Track & Field Occupation -- Sport -- Wrestling Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Object -- Other -- Torch Ceremony -- Festival -- Olympics Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Mural Sculpture Owner:  Administered by San Francisco Unified School District, 135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California Located George Washington High School, Behind end zone of football field, 600 32nd Avenue at Anza Street, San Francisco, California Remarks:  The mural was commissioned by the Northern California Arts Project under the Works Progress Administration. Originally, the commission was given to artist Beniamino Bufano, but he was too busy to take on the project, so it was reassigned to Sargent Johnson. Johnson designed and modeled the mural, and supervised forty-five workers in its execution. IAS files contain related newspaper clipping and catalog excerpt from San Francisco Art Commission Honor Award, 9/21/77, exhibition at de Young Museum. For further information see the San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 20. 1977. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992. 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 CA001430   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001430 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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