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An American Family Protected by Police, (sculpture). Artist:  Rosenthal, Tony, 1914-2009, sculptor. Title:  An American Family Protected by Police, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Family, (sculpture). Faceless Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1952. Installed 1955. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Approx. 12 x 5 x 3 ft. Description:  Abstract representation of a family of four, a mother, father, child and infant. Figures are elongated and angular. Subject:  Abstract Figure group -- Family Occupation -- Service -- Policeman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located Los Angeles Police Department, Parker Center, 150 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  Commissioned by the architectural firm of Welton, Becket and Stanton at a cost of $10,000. Sculpture was the center of controversy at the time of its installation. Citizens and politicans found the abstract representation distasteful and demanded its removal. IAS files contain related newsclippings. 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 CA000439   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000439 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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