A sculptor poses by a nude emerging from marble sculpted by S. Cartaino Scarpitta that is in the 1926 Sculpture Exhibition at the L.A. Chamber of Commerce. The exhibition was under the auspices of the Sculptors' Guild of Southern California and promoted Southern California sculptors availability to L.A. architects. Large carpets drape the platform and hang behind the statue. A basket of flowers is on the left. Photo dated: 1926.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Sculptors--California--Los Angeles Sculpture--Exhibitions Female nude in art Figure sculpture--California--Los Angeles Sculpture--California--Los Angeles Scarpitta, Salvatore Cartaino Sculptors' Guild of Southern California (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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