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Description
ART, ORIGINAL-VA: MATHEWS, ARTHUR FRANK (4 panels) Twelve water color sketches for murals in the rotunda of the State Capitol in Sacramento. Four panels, with three sketches per panel, trace the epic development of life in California: Adventure, The Mission Era, The Pioneers, and The City. 2007-0294, Epoch I: (left to right) The landing of the gods (2007-0294a); Spirit of adventure: Knight Errant, angel of Light (2007-0294b); Discovery of San Francisco Bay (2007-0294c). 2007-0295, Epoch II: (left to right) Mission compound (2007-0295a); Grazing lands (2007-0295b); Sloat arriving at Monterey (2007-0295c). 2007-0296, Epoch III: Sutter Mill (2007-0296a); Fortune leads way for caravan (2007-0296b); Sacramento River and steamer on way to city and creation of modern civilization (2007-0296c). 2007-0297, Epoch IV: Consummate labor of humanity (2007-0297a); .Statue of contemplation situated on borders of the sea (2007-0297b); Continuation of the city (2007-0297c). Negative nos. 24,536 Epoch I (center); 24,534 Epoch II (left); 24,535 Epoch II (right); 24,537 Epoch III (left); 24,538 Epoch III (right); 24.532 Epoch IV (center); 24,533 Epoch IV (right); 25,617 Epoch III (entire), color transparency.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
12 paintings mounted on 4 19 x 29 3/4 in. paper ; 8 x 9 in.
Identifier
(C)001387633CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-0927
Subject
History--California Murals--California--Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.)--Pictorial works Sketches Paintings
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