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John McLaren, (sculpture). Artist:  Cummings, Melvin Earl, 1876-1936, sculptor. Title:  John McLaren, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1911. Installed 1944. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 66 x 23 x 21 in. Inscription:  (On front area of sculpture base, proper left side:) E. Cummings 1911 signed Description:  Full-length portrait of John McLaren. He is depicted in middle age, is balding and wears a moustache and goatee. He wears a suit with a vest with a small bow tie and lace-up boots. He looks down at a pine cone which he holds in his proper left hand. Behind the figure is a tree stump with a branch and pine needles which touch the figure's back on the proper right side. The bronze sculpture stands on a concrete base which lies flush with the ground. Subject:  Portrait male -- McLaren, John -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Civil Servant Object -- Foliage -- Pine Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City & County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Golden Gate Park, John McLaren Rhododendron Garden, J. F. Kennedy Drive, opposite 6th Avenue, San Francisco, California Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Spreckels, A. B.. Remarks:  McLaren was responsible for the creation of Golden Gate Park and served as Park Superintendent. The sculpture was given to the city in 1944 by A. B. Spreckels. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Reed, Merrill A., "Historical Statues & Monuments in California", San Francisco: the author, 1956, pg. 96. 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 CA001776   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001776 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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