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Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981, sculptor. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Tribute to Motion Picture Celebrities, sculpture. Dates:  1959. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze and granite; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 14 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 16 in. x 7 1/2 ft. x 7 1/2 ft. Inscription:  (On front of marble base:) IN TRIBUTE TO THOSE CELEBRITIES OF THE MOTION PICTURE/INDUSTRY WHO WORKED SO VALIANTLY FOR THE PRESERVATION/OF BEVERLY HILLS AS A SEPARATE MUNICIPALITY - ERECTED 1959 (Around bottom of sculpture are celebrities signatures:) Tom Mix/in/HARDBOIL Fred (illegible)/DIRECTOR OF BEN HUR Rudolph/Valentino/IN/THE FOUR HORSEMEN Douglas Fairbanks/IN/THE IRON MASK unsigned Description:  An octagonal, granite-clad column with full-length bronze bas-relief portraits of film celebrities on each face. Portraits include Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Will Rogers, Tom Mix, Harold Lloyd, Fred Niblo, Conrad Nagal, and Rudolph Valentino. The celebrities are portrayed as the characters they played in various films. Rising out of the top of the column is an upward spiral of film, which curls around a central pole. At the top of a pole is a gold star. The sculpture is made of bronze and sits on a square marble base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Valentino, Rudolph -- Full length Portrait male -- Mix, Tom -- Full length Portrait male -- Fairbanks, Douglas -- Full length Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer Literature -- Unknown -- Iron Mask Literature -- Unknown -- Hardboil Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Beverly Hills Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Beverly Hills, Fine Arts Committee, 444 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90210 Located Traffic island at Olympic Avenue & Beverly Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California Remarks:  The sculpture is a tribute to film celebrities who participated in the initiative to incorporate the city of Beverly Hills. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: "To Mayor David Tannenbaum whose understanding and cooperation made this tribute possible, my eternal gratitude...(artist's signature)". A second nearby plaque lists the names of participants and city council members. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc., 1998. 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 CA001280   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001280 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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