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South Pasadena High School Auditorium Bas Reliefs, (sculpture). Artist:  Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981, sculptor. Title:  South Pasadena High School Auditorium Bas Reliefs, (sculpture). Dates:  1935-1936. Digital Reference:  Description:  Three reliefs depicting groups of female figures representing theater arts are installed over the auditorium's three outside entrance doors. The figures, each adorned in classical drapery, are carved in white stone against a brown stone background. The relief over the left entrance is for music and depicts a female figure playing a small harp flanked by two female figures playing lutes. The relief over the center entrance is for drama and depicts two female figures, each holding a mask. The relief over the right entrance is for dance and depicts three female figures holding hands in mid dance step. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Dance Object -- Musical Instrument Dress -- Costume -- Mask Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- South Pasadena Sculpture Owner:  South Pasadena High School, 1401 Fremont Avenue, Auditorium entreance, South Pasadena, California 91030 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. 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 CA002111   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA002111 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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