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    Chamness Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gray, Jim, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Chamness Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 1957.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Plaster, bricks, and cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 101 x 57 x 12 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Above figures:) CHAMNESS (Stone slab in front of memorial:) Dedicated 1957 in Memory of/Albert and Reba Chamness unsigned
    Description: 
    A relief of three figures arranged in a triangular configuration. The top figure is a woman in a dress, standing, holding a bundle of grain stalks in her proper left arm, and a scythe in her proper right hand. Below her are two men -- both shirtless. One kneels, holding a bowl with both hands. The other also kneels, about to plant two seeds which he holds in his proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Object -- Foodstuff -- Grain
    Object -- Tool -- Scythe
    Homage -- Chamness, Albert
    Homage -- Chamness, Reba
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Marcos
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Palomar College School District, Boehm Gallery, 1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, California 92069
    Located Palomar College, Adjacent to the Board Room at the SSC Building, San Marcos, California 92069
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was donated in October 1957, in honor of Albert and Reba Chamness who helped in the early planning stages of Palomar College. IAS files contain an article from the Palomar College newspaper Telescope dated April 30, 1976.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego survey, 1993.
    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 CA000116
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