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Burbank City Hall, (sculpture). Artist:  Mako, Bartolomeo J., 1890-1970, sculptor. Title:  Burbank City Hall, (sculpture). Dates:  1941. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast cement, ceramic tiles, and concrete or plaster, partially painted. Description:  Two eagles, a wall relief and a fountain decorate Burbank City Hall. Two white eagles flank the main entrance. A vertical row of flower-like geometric patterns and a gray eagle appear over the main entrance door. On the side of the building, a cast cement bas-relief depicts laboring men, tractors, surveyors and smoke stacks in Burbank. A four-tiered fountain with turquoise-colored ceramic tiles is in front of the relief. Five black fish decorate the third tier facing the street. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Labor Occupation -- Industry -- Engineering Architecture -- Machine -- Farm Machine Architecture -- Industry -- Factory Landscape -- United States -- Burbank Animal -- Fish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Burbank Fountain Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Burbank, 275 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, California 91501 Located Burbank City Hall, 275 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, California References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. 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 CA001512   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001512 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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