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Allan Hancock Foundation and Memorial Museum, (sculpture). Artist:  Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981, sculptor. Title:  Allan Hancock Foundation and Memorial Museum, (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete. Description:  A series of wall panels which range in size and location over the building. On the front are thirteen panels at roof level. These depict a mushroom, dolphin, three sea horses, swordfish, cactus, pelicans, penguins, turtle, seabirds, lizard and plant. Around the door opening on an arch designed to resemble water, are a plant, starfish, fish, frog, turtle, owl, bear, octopus, seashell, crab, seaworm and jellyfish. Filling the whole of the three story building on the north side, in stiacciato, are prehistoric animals including an elephant, bison, eagle, sloth, lion and sabertooth. The rear of the building has three panels at mid-length. These are two wolves, a saber-tooth and a sloth with its prey. At rear entrance is a model ship with two tone patina on metal. It is part of the building's design. Subject:  Architecture -- Civic -- Museum Animal -- Bear Animal -- Buffalo Animal -- Dolphin Animal -- Elephant Animal -- Lion Animal -- Sloth Animal -- Tiger Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Bird -- Owl Animal -- Bird -- Pelican Animal -- Bird -- Penguin Animal -- Fish -- Seahorse Animal -- Other -- Starfish Animal -- Fish -- Swordfish Animal -- Reptile -- Lizard Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Animal -- Fish -- Crab Animal -- Other -- Jellyfish Animal -- Fish -- Octopus Architecture -- Boat Object -- Foliage -- Cactus Object -- Other -- Shell Object -- Vegetable -- Mushroom Object Type:  Architectural component Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Southern California at Los Angeles, Building Maintenance, University Park, Los Angeles, California 90033 Located University of Southern California at Los Angeles, Allan Hancock Foundation and Memorial Museum, Los Angeles, California References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Illustration:  Meredith, DeWitt, "G. Allan Hancock: a Pictoral Account of One Man's Score in Fourscore Years," San Jose, CA: Paramount Printing, 1964, pg. 50. 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 CA000253   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000253 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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