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Joseph B. Strauss Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Schweigardt, Frederick William, 1885-1948, sculptor. Nelli Art Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Joseph B. Strauss Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1941. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: cement. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Sculpture base: approx. 4 x 27 x 27 in.; Base: approx. H. 40 1/2 in. x Diam. 166 in. Inscription:  (On front of sculpture base, incised letters:) 1941 Frederick W. Schweigardt (On back of sculpture base, incised letters:) NELLI ART BRONZE WORKS L.A. (On bronze plaque on front of base, raised letters:) 1870 JOSEPH B. STRAUSS 1938/"THE MAN WHO BUILT THE BRIDGE"/HERE AT THE GOLDEN GATE IS THE/ETERNAL RAINBOW THAT HE CONCEIVED/AND SET TO FORM A PROMISE INDEED/THAT THE RACE OF MAN SHALL/ENDURE UNTO THE AGES./CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE/1929 - 1937 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A portrait of engineer Joseph B. Strauss, dressed in a thirties-style business suit consisting of cuffed pants, a six-buttoned vest, shirt and tie. He is depicted standing and holding a rolled up blueprint in his proper left arm. The sculpture is placed atop a three-sectioned circular base that is set within a landscaped garden. Subject:  Portrait male -- Strauss, Joseph B. -- Full length Occupation -- Transportation -- Engineer Object -- Art Object -- Blueprint Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, Golden Gate Bridge District Jurisdiction, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Visitation Center of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco side of bridge at entrance to observation points off visitor parking area, San Francisco, California Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District. Joseph B. Strauss (1870-1938) was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge from 1929-1937. The sculpture was originally patinated brown with red-brown undertones. IAS files contain and articles from the San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 1987 and Feb. 25, 1988, pg. C-1, C-6. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Illustration:  Image on file. San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 1987. 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 CA000982   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000982 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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