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Old City Hall Frieze, (sculpture). Artist:  Whitman, E. P., architect. Westlund, F. A., contractor. Title:  Old City Hall Frieze, (sculpture). Dates:  1930. Dedicated Dec. 7, 1930. Medium:  Stone. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 36 in. x W. 90 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An Art-Deco style bas-relief on building facade with nine allegorical figures representing Agriculture. The figures depicted, from left to right, are: male carrying a bucket; male carrying a sledgehammer; male carrying a bird; small angel; female carrying a sheaf of grain and a sickle; small angel; male carrying a scythe; male figure with arm around waist of male facing backwards holding a shovel. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Figure group Object -- Other -- Container Object -- Tool -- Hammer Animal -- Bird Religion -- Angel Object -- Foodstuff -- Grain Object -- Tool -- Scythe Object -- Tool -- Shovel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Hayward Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hayward, Hayward, California Located Old Hayward City Hall, 22738 Mission Boulevard, Hayward, California Remarks:  Old Hayward City Hall was built in 1930 at a cost of $100,000. The building was designed by architect E. P. Whitman and constructed by F. A. Westlund. The relief was executed by a French sculptor after a Whitman design. Old Hayward City Hall won the 1990 Art Deco Preservation Award given by the Art Deco Society of California. IAS files contain related correspondence. 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 CA001580   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001580 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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