Biddy Mason: Time and Place, (sculpture)
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Object Details
- sculptor
- de Bretteville, Sheila Levrant 1940-
- contractor
- John Hogue Construction
- Subject
- Mason, Biddy
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
- Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
- Image on file.
- (Timeline of date and text) unsigned
- The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
- Summary
- A long black concrete wall of a parking garage, divided into segments. Each segment represents a decade between 1810 and 1890, the life span of Biddy Mason. Each segment contains a sentence in raised lettering which indicates the significant events of its decade. Incised images appear throughout, including wagon wheels, a fence, a medical bag and supplies, and shrubbery. Photographs and documents appear throughout as well.
- Culture
- African American
- Commissioned 1989. Dedicated 1991
- Control number
- IAS CA000447
- Type
- Sculptures-Mural
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Concrete wall with plaques, text and photographs
- Owner/Location
- Administered by City of Los Angeles Art Program 354 South Spring Street, 7th floor Los Angeles California 90013
- Located Biddy Mason Park Broadway Spring Center Garage 331 South Spring Street Los Angeles California
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Portrait female--Bust
- Architecture--Detail--Wall
- Occupation--Medicine--Nurse
- Ethnic
- History--United States--Black History
- Object--Art Object--Photograph
- Object--Written Matter--Letter
- Record ID
- siris_ari_318996
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply