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Mako, Bartolomeo J.,
Marsh, Norman,
Portrait male -- Archimedes
Portrait male -- Aristotle
Portrait male -- Euclid
Portrait male -- Fancaul (sic)
Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin
Portrait male -- Galvani, Luigi
Portrait male -- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
Portrait male -- Newton, Isaac
Portrait male -- Plato
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Relief
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
(Hollywood High School Bas-Relief: Science Building), (sculpture).
Artist:
Mako, Bartolomeo J., 1890-1970, sculptor.
Marsh, Norman, architect.
Title:
(Hollywood High School Bas-Relief: Science Building), (sculpture).
Dates:
1934-1935.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Painted concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. 5 ft. x 15 ft. x 3 in.
Inscription:
11 Mako signed
Description:
Bas-relief above entrance to school. It depicts influential scientists: Euclid, Plato, Archimedes, Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Galileo, Galvani, Lavoiser, Newton, Plato, Euclid and Fancaul (sic). They are all at work with books, globes, scrolls, and chemistry equipment.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Archimedes -- Full length
Portrait male -- Aristotle -- Full length
Portrait male -- Euclid -- Full length
Portrait male -- Fancaul (sic) -- Full length
Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin -- Full length
Portrait male -- Galvani, Luigi -- Full length
Portrait male -- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent -- Full length
Portrait male -- Newton, Isaac -- Full length
Portrait male -- Plato -- Full length
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science
Object Type:
Relief
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Los Angeles Unified School District, Office of the Superintendent, 450 North Grand Avenue, Room 8223, Los Angeles, California 90012
Located Hollywood High School, Highland & Sunset, Science Building, Los Angeles, California
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Gebhard, David, and von Breton, Harriet, "Los Angeles in the Thirties 1931-1941," 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1989, pg. 78, 88.
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 CA000243
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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