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DESCRIPTION: life-size cast bronze statue of George Washington, mounted on a 3-foot by 3-foot granite plinth
This bronze copy of Jean-Antoine Houdon's original 1796 granite statue is one of approximately 30 produced by Gorham Manufacturing Co. in the late 19th Century. It was acquired in 1933 by the Los Angeles Women's Community Service and presented to the County of Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 1933, the 201st anniversary of George Washington's birth. Jean-Antoine Houdon's 1796 granite statue, presenting Washington in his miliary uniform, was produced in Paris and installed in the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia.
The statue was vandalized and dislodged from is plinth at the Grand Park on August 13, 2020 by protesters (Los Angeles Times, 8/14/2020). The Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture is responsible for the statue, and it appears to have been moved from Grand Park to a function room on Figueroa Street. The below images show the statue before the 2020 vandalism.
This bronze copy of Jean-Antoine Houdon's original 1796 granite statue is one of approximately 30 produced by Gorham Manufacturing Co. in the late 19th Century. It was acquired in 1933 by the Los Angeles Women's Community Service and presented to the County of Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 1933, the 201st anniversary of George Washington's birth. Jean-Antoine Houdon's 1796 granite statue, presenting Washington in his miliary uniform, was produced in Paris and installed in the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia.
The statue was vandalized and dislodged from is plinth at the Grand Park on August 13, 2020 by protesters (Los Angeles Times, 8/14/2020). The Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture is responsible for the statue, and it appears to have been moved from Grand Park to a function room on Figueroa Street. The below images show the statue before the 2020 vandalism.
LOCATION: unverified location: function room on Figueroa Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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