Sculptor Henry Lion competing the installation of his statue of Felipe de Neve in La Plaza Park, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Sculptor Henry Lion competing the installation of his statue of Felipe de Neve in La Plaza Park, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

March 1932

Date

1932-03

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Felipe de Neve was the founder of the city of Los Angeles. The 7 foot high statue of De Neve was set in the 1873 pool at the center of the Plaza facing the Plaza Church. The statue was donated by the Daughters of the Golden West.
Biographical/Historical Note: Sculptor. Born in Fresno, California. Studied at the Otis Art Institute and with Stanton Macdonald-Wright. Most of his works were executed in bronze. Lion wrote the book SCULPTURE FOR BEGINNERS, and worked on the WPA art project [Smithsonian Archives of American Art].

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Henry Lion
Text from negative sleeve: Lion, Henry, sculptor
Text from newspaper caption: "Text from newspaper caption: Sculptor Completes Work on De Neve Statue: Henry Lion, sculptor, finishing the work of setting the statue of Filipe De Neve in the Plaza for dedication ceremonies tomorrow afternoon," Los Angeles Times, 3/11/1932.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Neve, Felipe de, 1724-1784
Lion, Henry, 1900-1966

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.056597196980000

Latitude

-118.23859691619900

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Los Angeles Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Landmarks
Arts