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    Solano County's Tribute to Its Fallen Heroes, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Solano County's Tribute to Its Fallen Heroes, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Winged Victory, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1920.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 42 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 40 in. x 25 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze base of sculpture, proper left side:) (...illegible artist's signature) (On front of concrete base, raised lettering:) SOLANO COUNTY'S/TRIBUTE/TO/ITS/FALLEN HEROES/WORLD'S WAR/1917-1919 (On back of concrete base, in raised lettering:) IN MEMORIAM (list of names) signed
    Description: 
    An allegorical female figure holds a sword in her proper right hand and a laurel wreath in her raised proper left hand. The barefoot female figure is dressed in long robes with wings attached to her back. The sculpture is mounted on tall square base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
    Object -- Other -- Wreath
    Object -- Foliage -- Laurel
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Fairfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Solano County, General Service Department, 603 Texas Street, Fairfield, California 94533
    Located Solano County Office of Administration, 580 Texas Street, Fairfield, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed in tribute to those from Solano County who died in World War I. The figure's sword has been stolen twice, but was later reattached, and the laurel wreath was stolen and later recast. The sculpture was restored in the early 1990s by Craig Brian Braker of Braker Funeral Services of Fairfield, California. IAS files contain a list of names in the inscription on the back of the concrete base.
    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 CA001548
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