US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article "Monument Design Offered. Venice Plaza Model Ready." Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 1930: A3. Photograph of sculptor Ernest Yerbysmith in his studio with his design submission for a monument for the Plaza in Venice sculpted in clay and placed on a sculpture trestle. The design is for a columnar monument 120 feet high with an exhibition hall and fountain at the base, above that statues of 4 historical figures including Father Junipero, a Spanish soldier, an Indian and a doughboy, and 4 eagles beneath a dome at the top. Yerbysmith's studio was located at 1115 Hacienda Place in [now] West Hollywood. Text from newspaper caption: Sculptor Yerbysmith and His Work Text from negative sleeve: Yerbysmith, Ernest. Sculptor. 1935 [date is not correct].
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2508 ark:/21198/zz002dc91v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Monuments & memorials--California--Los Angeles Sculptors--American--California--West Hollywood Sculpture--California--West Hollywood Yerbysmith, Ernest Alfred, 1876-1952
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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