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Research, Finance and Production, (sculpture). Artist:  Scarpitta, G. Salvatore Cartaino, 1887-1948, sculptor. Lunden, Samuel E., architect. Parkinson, John, architect. Parkinson, Donald B., architect. Parkinson and Parkinson, architectural firm. Title:  Research, Finance and Production, (sculpture). Other Titles:  (Los Angeles Stock Exchange Relief Panels), (sculpture). Dates:  1929-1930. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite. Description:  Three relief panels, representing Research and Discovery, Finance and Production over entrance to building. "Research and Discovery" shows two figures in a laboratory setting, one holds test tube, the other reads in a book. "Finance" contains five figures, four in contemporary business suits and the center figure in judicial-type robes. This figure represents the Exchange, and sits on a throne, on either side of which is a bull and a bear. "Production" has two steel workers working with molten metal. The airplane engine over their heads suggests what they are building. Subject:  Architecture -- Commercial -- Pacific Coast Stock Exchange Figure group -- Male Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Chemistry Occupation -- Monetary Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Animal -- Bear Animal -- Cattle Object Type:  Architectural component Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Pacific Stock Exchange, 618 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  When the sculpture was created, the building was known as the Los Angeles Stock Exchange. It later became known as the Pacific Stock Exchange. The Parkinsons served as consulting architects. IAS files contain copies of related articles from the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 27, 1995, Sec. E pg. 1-2, and the journal The Architect and Engineer, vol. 104: no.3 entitled "The Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building," by Frederick W. Jones. IAS files also contain a citation to "Los Angeles Architecture Guide," by David Gebhard, pg. 238. References:  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 CA000413   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000413 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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