- City:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculptures
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- George Stanley
Description
This sculpture “Muse of Music, Dance, Drama” is actually a fountain, created by artist George Stanley.
Medium: concrete and granite
Size: 200′ l x 22′ h
Restoration Info: Restored and re-landscaped in 2006.
“The Streamline Moderne-style fountain was built in 1940 by the sculptor best known for creating the Academy Awards’ Oscar statue. Standing over the bowl’s Highland Avenue entryway, it depicts the muses of music, dance and drama.
The 200-foot long, 22-foot high sculpture was heralded as one of America’s most ambitious art projects in 1939 when artists and craftsmen hired by the federal government for the Depression-era WPA Federal Arts Project began constructing it.” (LA Times.)
Source notes
https://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/20/local/me-hollybowl20 Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/Site Details
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