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Action, (sculpture). Artist:  Schneider, Kenny, 1939- , sculptor. Title:  Action, (sculpture). Dates:  1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: metal, painted; Base: metal, painted. Dimensions:  4 units. Inscription:  (Across director's bullhorn:) ACTION Description:  Four metal whirligigs. Each whirligig represents a scene from the movies. On one, a cowboy on horseback chases a runaway cart. The cowboy rides a pinto horse. The cart, black with yellow wheel, is pulled by a white horse. A man wearing a cowboy hat and red shirt, sits on the front of the cart, his hands and feet in the air. This whirligig stands on a bright yellow tripod. A second whirligig features Charlie Chaplin in black suit and hat. A long-handled paintbrush rests across his shoulder. A man wearing a vest and blue shirt and holding a paintbrush stands in front. Subject:  Portrait male -- Chaplin, Charlie -- Full length Figure group Animal -- Horse Western Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Object -- Art Tool -- Artist's Brush Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Triangle Square Apartments, 1602 North Ivar Avenue, Los Angeles, California Provenance:  Formerly located Lankersheim Boulevard north of Magnolia, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by the Community Redevelopment Agency. At the time of the SOS! survey, the sculpture was in an outdoor parking lot in the NoHo Arts District. Each whirligig stood atop a metal tripod base. Nearby plaque reads: " 'Action'. Artist: Kenny Schneider. NoHo Sculpture Project. Community Redevelpment Agency LA 1994." Due to deterioration, the sculptures were removed with permission from the artist and their bases were modifed for interior exhibition. The works are now on display at the Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing Community Room in the Triangle Square building in Hollywood. References:  Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles, 2008. 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 CA001361   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001361 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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