Administered by City of Los Angeles Public Art Division 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor Los Angeles California 90013
Located El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument West side of plaza, 845 North Alameda Street Los Angeles California
Date:
Commissioned 1929. Modeled 1931. Dedicated March 12, 1932
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc., 1998.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1976.
Image on file.
HENRY/LION/1931 (Bilingual plaque on front of base:) FELIPE DE NEVE 1728-84/SPANISH GOVERNOR OF THE CALIFORNIAS 1775-82/IN 1781, ON THE ORDERS OF KING CARLOS III OF SPAIN, FELIPE DE/NEVE SELECTED A SITE NEAR THE RIVER PORCIUNCULA AND LAID/OUT THE TOWN OF EL PUEBLO DE LA REINA DE LOS ANGELES,/ONE OF THE TWO SPANISH PUEBLOS HE FOUNDED/IN ALTA CALIFORNIA
(On plaque on side of base:) DON FELIPE DE NEVE/FOUNDER OF EL PUEBLO DE MUESTRA/SENORA LA REINA DE LOS ANGELES/SEPTEMBER 4, 1781/ERECTED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/150TH ANNIVERSARY BY/CALIFORNIA PARLOR NO. 247/NATIVE DAUGHTERS/OF THE GOLDEN WEST/HENRY LION-SCULPTOR signed
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Summary:
Full-length "idealized" portrait of Don Felipe de Neve, dressed in historical costume with long cape, gloves and boots (a composite of the type of uniform worn by 18th Century Spanish officers). He is depicted standing, with hat cradled near his waist in his proper left hand; his proper right hand at his side. He turns his head slightly to the proper left. The sculpture is mounted on a natural rock base.
