Eiler Larsen - Laguna Beach, CA
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N 33° 32.511 W 117° 47.000
11S E 427273 N 3711634
This one is located on the beach side next to the Greeters Corner Restaurant.
Waymark Code: WMAD7D
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2010
Views: 5
This stature stands out front the restaurant facing the street. The statue is about 5 feet tall and is dedicated to the founder of Laguna Beach, California. "By proper left foot: artist's signature) (On plaque on front of base:) Eiler Larsen/(The Laguna Greeter)/1890-1975/Eiler Larsen made this artist colony his/"Greeting corner" of the world. Giving all/a friendly wave and warm smile he became/known as Laguna's official greeter. Thanks/to the sculptor for transforming this 800/year old mendocino redwood tree into/the likeness of Laguna's remarkable Greeter/sculptor Guy Angelo Wilson/Thanks to my family and friends/Greeters Corner Restaurant signed
Description: Eiler Larsen stands with a long, full beard and yells out "greetings," his proper left arm raised high and straight. His proper right hand is holding a cane. He is wearing a jacket with a pen in the breast pocket and a book tucked into his proper left lower jacket pocket. His footprints are cast in the sidewalk nearby."
TITLE: Eiler Larsen, (sculpture).
ARTIST(S): Wilson, Guy Angelo, sculptor.
DATE: 1986
MEDIUM: Mendocino redwood.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001222
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Greeters Corner Restaurant, 329 Pacific Coast Highway, Sidewalk between restaurant and road, Laguna Beach, California 92651
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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