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Gage, Merrell,
Architecture -- Detail
Figure group
Occupation -- Education
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Object -- Written Matter
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
Honorable Achievements, (sculpture).
Artist:
Gage
,
Merrell
,
1892-1981
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Honorable Achievements, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
(Hollywood High School Bas-Relief: Honorable Achievements), (sculpture).
Dates:
1936.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Painted concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 127 x Diam. 30 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 48 x 48 in.
Inscription:
(Around top of column:) HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENTS unsigned
Description:
Sculpture is a free standing column on an attached low square base. "Honorable Achievements" circles the top in raised capital letters. Around the column is a bas-relief of students running, graduating, playing football, in chemistry class, holding flowers and carrying books. The column is painted white.
Subject:
Architecture -- Detail -- Column
Figure group
Occupation -- Education -- Student
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Football
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Relief
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, Los Angeles, 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 CA000242
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000242
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