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Hansen, Oskar J. W.,
Portrait male -- Mead, Elwood
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Hoover Dam
Sculpture
Elwood Mead Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hansen, Oskar J. W., 1892-1971, sculptor.
Title:
Elwood Mead Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
After 1936.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: metal.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 3 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 in.
Inscription:
(Upper, proper right corner of main relief panel:) (Artist's monogram consisting of the letters "O" and "H") (Lower portion of plaque:) DR. ELWOOD MEAD/COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION/DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 1924-1936/WHOSE LIFE-TIME WORK CULMINATED IN/CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOULDER CANYON/PROJECT CREATING LAKE MEAD, NAMED/IN HIS HONOR signed
Description:
Bust of Dr. Elwood Mead in bas-relief. The figure wears round eyeglasses, a suit, and tie.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Mead, Elwood -- Bust
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Hoover Dam
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam, Nevada
Located Hoover Dam, Nevada side, Lake Mead and U.S. 93, Hoover Dam, Nevada
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada 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 NV000009
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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