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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Henry Van Wolf, born in Bavaria in 1898, was a prominent sculptor in the San Fernando Valley. Moving to the San Fernando Valley in 1944, Van Wolf sculpted many statues and busts on display throughout the Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States. He founded the Valley Artists Guild, also known as VAG in 1948. Van Wolf died in 1982. Pictured is Sculptor Henry Van Wolf with the model of a proposed statue for El Paseo de Cahuenga Memorial Park in the Cahuenga Pass. Second from right is Francis Muir Pomeroy, San Fernando Valley Historical Association president. Photograph dated April 13, 1965.
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