(Apollo Fountain), (sculpture).

(Apollo Fountain), (sculpture).

Wendt, Julia M. Bracken, 1871-1942, sculptor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

(Apollo Fountain), (sculpture).

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Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: rock and concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 28 1/2 x 26 x 17 in. Base: approx. H. 38 in. x diam. 9 ft.

(Along lower right edge:) JULIA BRACKEN WENDT / 1924 (Along lower right edge:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y signed Founder's mark appears.

Nude male figure, presumably Apollo, seated on a rock, a cloth draped across his lap and a lyre held in his hands. The sculpture is affixed to a rock clad base within a fountain.

Mythology -- Classical -- Apollo

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Monica

City of Los Angeles, Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Road, Courtyard, Santa Monica, California 90402

Located in the former Uplifters Clubhouse located in the Rustic Canyon. The building is a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument. The Lofty and Exalted Order of Uplifters, or simply The Uplifters, was a men's social club founded by Harry Marston Haldeman in 1913. Originally from Chicago and a member of such a club there called The Bugs, Haldeman, a plumbing magnate and grandfather of H.R. Haldeman, sought to create something similar. Its membership included Marco H. Hellman, Sim W. Crabill, Ralph Hamlin, Ernest R. Ball, Byron Gay, Will Rogers, Walt Disney, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Busby Berkeley, Leo Carrillo, Harold Lloyd, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ferde Grofé, Eugene Biscailuz, Hays Rice, Clarence R. Rundel, Louis F. Gottschalk, and L. Frank Baum. Baum created the group's name, wrote its anthem, "Haldeman," and scripted most of their amateur theatricals until his death, several of which were revived posthumously. IAS files contain a copy of the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission's Historic Cultural Monument application for the Uplifters Clubhouse.

Title supplied by Inventory staff.

Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 2015.

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