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    		• Roop, Joseph Leeland,
     
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    		• Beck, Hermann T.,
     
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    		• Animal -- Tiger
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Fighting Saber-tooths, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Roop, Joseph Leeland, 1869-1932, sculptor.
    Beck, Hermann T., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Fighting Saber-tooths, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned ca. 1932. Cast ca. 1934. Relocated 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted concrete.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Two saber-tooth cats, engaged in a fight. Each stands on its hind legs and are locked in combat. They stand on a pedestal at the museum entrance.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Tiger
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, George C. Page Museum, 5801 Wilshire Boulevard, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California 90036
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture funded by the Works Progress Administration, and the pedestal was funded by George C. Page. Sculpted by Roop prior to his death in 1932, and completed by Beck. Originally part of a larger outdoor sculpture which included an additional saber-tooth and a submerged bison carcass which vanished about 1951, when piece was moved. About 1968, vandals sawed off one cat's tail and teeth, breaking away half the face in the process. Replacements for these missing parts were sculpted in clay by museums staff in 1984. Repainting and restoration work done by Green Painting Inc., and in 1986, sculpture was placed in its current location. IAS files contain a copy of an unpublished manuscript entitled "Bring 'Em Back Alive," by Eric Scott and Cathy McNassor.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
    Scott, Eric, "They Live Again," Terra v.24:no.1 (Sept./Oct. 1985), pg. 23-30.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    Component of: CA000231.
    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 CA000230
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