Virgil Middle School: Sorensen Reliefs – Los Angeles CA

City:
Los Angeles, CA

Site Type:
Bas Reliefs, Art Works

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

Artist:
Rex Sorensen

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP), artist Rex Sorensen created a pair of wooden relief sculptures. One depicts a woman, boy, cougar and deer with a tree in the background; the other depicts a man bent over a deer. Now located in the library at Virgil Middle School in Los Angeles, CA, the rear of each relief is inscribed with the artist’s name and “WPA Federal Art Project.”

Source notes

LAUSD Art & Artifact Collection/Archive and Museum Collection Inventory Report (New Deal WPA)

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

Location Info


152 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 34.0743, -118.2904

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