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Sculptor:
Parhad, Fred  Search this
Architect:
Tomsick, Frank 1934-  Search this
Architectural firm:
MBT Associates  Search this
Founder:
Asthetic Art Service  Search this
Subject:
Ashurbanipal  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: patinated bronze; Base: concrete with anti-graffiti coating
Culture:
Assyrian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Arts Commission 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240 San Francisco California 94102
Located Main San Francisco Library South door, between Hyde & Larkin Streets San Francisco California
Date:
1987.; Dedicated May 29, 1988
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
The Arts Commission of San Francisco, "San Francisco Civic Art Collection: A Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco," San Francisco: The Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 28, no. 1.26.
San Francisco Chronicle, June 31, 1987, pg. 10.
San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 28, 1987, pg. B-1.
San Francisco Chronicle, July 9, 1987, pg. 41.
Image on file.
San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 28, 1987, pg. B-1.
(Back of statue:) Parhad 87 (Above artist's signature:) for Bella and Luther (these are the artist's parents) Asthetic Art Service (Inscribed in concrete, front and back, in English:) Ashurbanipal (The word Ashurbanipal is inscribed in cuneiform/Assyrian on the proper right) (The word Ashurbanipal is inscribed in Aramaic on the proper left) signed Founder's mark appears.
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:
Larger-than-life full length male figure standing on a plinth decorated with a lotus-blossom design. The figure wears a short tunic and holds a lion cub in his proper right arm. He has long hair and a braided beard. Figure stands on a concrete base, with bronze plaque and rosettes.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Other--Aristocrat  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Animal--Lion  Search this
Object--Written Matter  Search this
Control number:
IAS CA000062
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_310289