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Cartozian, Arlene,
Figure group
Occupation -- Labor
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Paramount
Sculpture
Sustenance, (sculpture).
Artist:
Cartozian, Arlene, 1940- , sculptor.
Title:
Sustenance, (sculpture).
Dates:
1985.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 4 ft. x 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 3 in. (1 1/2 tons).
Inscription:
(On plaque on top of base:) SUSTENANCE/BY/ARLENE CARTOZIAN/MAY 1, 1985/DEDICATED TO/THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT/BY CHARLES LYONS JR./CHARLES LYONS III & PETER ODORICO
Description:
Stylized figure group of a man and woman laboring with hand tools over a large squared stone. They wear t-shirts and pants. The man wears a cap. They face in opposite directions of each other, bending over the stone and working the top of it with a hand tool. The marble sculpture stands on a granite base.
Subject:
Figure group
Occupation -- Labor
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Paramount
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Paramount, 16400 Colorado Avenue, Paramount, California
Located Orange Avenue Industrial Park, Orange Avenue & Marshall Way, Paramount, California
Remarks:
The sculpture was donated to the city and was the first piece placed under Paramount's Outdoor Art Museum program. The sculpture was commissioned by Charles Lyons, Jr. IAS files contain copy of related articles from Paramount News Tribune, May 15, 1985; CSULB Review, May-June 1985; and Los Angeles Times, April 19, 1988. IAS files contain copies of related city brochures "Outdoor Art for All to See" and "Paramount's Outdoor Art Museum".
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Paramount News Tribune, May 15, 1985.
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 CA001691
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001691
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