Fries Avenue Elementary School Sculpture – Los Angeles CA

City:
Los Angeles, CA

Site Type:
Sculptures, Art Works

New Deal Agencies:
Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs

Completed:
1936

Artist:
Eugenia Everett

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

Under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP), artist Eugenia Everett sculpted a statue for Fries Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles, CA.

The sculpture is of “Wynken, Blinken, and Nod,” characters in Eugene Field’s Dutch lullaby. George Washington Preparatory High School (Los Angeles, CA) has a copy of the same statue.

According to a 1937 article in the Los Angeles School Journal, “Eugenia Everett is a wistful young lady, working in her aunt’s studio on Manhattan Place” (Wells, p. 25).

Source notes

Wells, N. W. “Federal Art Project and the Schools.” Los Angeles School Journal XX, no. 29 (April 26, 1937): 17–25.

Oral history interview with Eugenia Everett, 1964 Oct. 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Site originally submitted by Natalie McDonald on February 11, 2023.

Location Info


1301 N Fries Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90744

Coordinates: 33.7886, -118.2659

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