- City:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Site Type:
- Sculptures, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), Arts Programs
- Completed:
- 1934
- Artist:
- Roger Noble Burnham
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
In 1934, Roger Noble Burnham sculpted a bronze bust for Phineas Banning High School in Los Angeles, CA, of former principal W. I. Travers. The portrait bust is listed as missing by the Los Angeles Public Library.
Burnham also contributed to the Astronomer’s Monument (1934), a Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) in Griffith Park (Los Angeles, CA). A different artist was responsible for each of the six astronomers depicted; Burnham sculpted the William Herschel figure.
Source notes
Los Angeles Public Library Public Art Index
Wells, N. W. “Federal Art Project and the Schools.” Los Angeles School Journal XX, no. 29 (April 26, 1937): 17–25.
Wikipedia, "Roger Noble Burnham"
Site originally submitted by Natalie McDonald on February 11, 2023.
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