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Climatic Wealth, (sculpture). Artist:  Sanford, Edward Field, Jr., 1886-1951, sculptor. Title:  Climatic Wealth, (sculpture). Dates:  1925. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white marble from Georgia; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 85 x 39 x 54 in.; Base: approx. 39 x 48 x 79 in. Inscription:  (On front of plinth:) CLIMATIC WEALTH (On lower proper right side of sculpture:) Sanford 1925 signed Description:  A seated nude female figure with cloth draped over her lap and proper right arm. She wears a crown and sits on a rectangular claw-footed stool with ornate edging. In her proper right hand, held at shoulder-height, are three birds. Her proper left hand rests on her proper left thigh, palm up, holding an ornate disk topped by a miniature chariot with three horses and a rider. The sculpture rests on a rectangular stone base. Subject:  Allegory -- Other -- Nature Figure female -- Full length Figure female -- Nude Animal -- Bird Architecture -- Vehicle -- Cart Animal -- Horse Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of California, Building and Grounds, 1300 L Street, Sacramento, California 95814 Located Unruh Building 900 block of Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California Remarks:  One of four figures, 20 panels and two pediments designed by Sanford for the Capitol Extension buildings. IAS files contain copy of the National Register for Historic Places Nomination Form and California State Library "Self-Guided Tour" handout, which gives detailed history of the building. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, Sacramento survey, 1993. San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA), Sept. 28, 1924, pg. 5. 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 CA000073   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000073 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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