George Washington Statue (1796/1933) by Jean-Antoine Houdon

DESCRIPTION: life-size cast bronze statue of George Washington, mounted on a 3-foot by 3-foot granite plinth
This statue is a bronze copy of Jean-Antoine Houdon's original 1796 granite statue produced in Paris and installed in the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia. It presents Washington in his military uniform and is one of approximately 30 bronze copies produced by Gorham Manufacturing Co. in the late 19th Century. This copy 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.
The statue was vandalized and dislodged from is plinth on August 13, 2020 by protesters against slave-holders (Los Angeles Times, 8/14/2020). The Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture, responsible for the statue, does not have information on the statue's status.
The below images show the statue before the 2020 vandalism. Public Art in Public Places does not publish images of vandalism.
LOCATION: Grand Park (west of Hill Street), Civic Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

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