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Je N'Oublierai Pas, (sculpture). Artist:  Lejeune, Louis Aime, sculptor. Title:  Je N'Oublierai Pas, (sculpture). Other Titles:  I Will Not Forget, (sculpture). Dates:  Commisioned 1930. Dedicated Nov. 22, 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white marble; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 84 x 48 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 8 x 55 x 29 in. Inscription:  L.A. LEJEUNE = MCMXXX (On upper front of column, raised lettering:) JE N'OUBLIERAI PAS signed Description:  A female stands beside a square column at her proper left with head turned downward and arms around an urn that rests at the top of the column. The female figure is barefoot and is dressed in long drapery that covers her head. A woven basket overflowing with fruit rests next to the column. On the front of the column is the Baldwin family crest in relief. It consists of a squirrel in profile sitting on its haunches holding an acorn in its front paws and, below this, a shield containing three oak leaves. The sculpture is mounted on a low two-tiered base. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Object -- Other -- Vase Object -- Other -- Container Object -- Fruit Architecture -- Detail -- Column Animal -- Squirrel Object -- Foliage -- Oak Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Arcadia Decorative arts Sculpture Owner:  Administered by County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks and Recreation, Los Angeles, California Located Los Angeles County Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California Provenance:  Formerly owned by Baldwin, Anita, Anoakia Estate, 701 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia, California Formerly located Flintridge School for Girls, 1930s. Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by Anita Baldwin in 1930. It was located at the Flintridge School for Girls during the 1930s. During the 1980s the sculpture was located on the grounds of Anoakia estate in Arcadia, owned by Anita Baldwin. In 1991 it was moved to the Los Angeles County Arboretum after being donated by Lowry B. McCaslin in memory of his friend Richard A. Grant Sr., father of the president of the California Arboretum Foundation Board of Trustees. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Civic Art Program, 2015. 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 CA001495   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001495 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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