- 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.
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