Hoover Dam Elevator Tower Reliefs - NV & AZ - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The Smithsonian Inventory (visit link) describes the reliefs thusly:

"Two five-tiered, bas-relief sculptures placed within a narrow, curved niche. The south elevator bas-reliefs pay tribute to Native Americans and the north side to the multipurpose reclamation benefits of Hoover Dam. From top to bottom, the south side depicts: a Native-American male in a feathered headdress from the waist-up with arms outstretched; the back side of a male figure hiding in foliage and looking to his proper left side; a 3/4 profile of two men (one is only shown as an arm) holding stretched bows in their proper left hands; a profile of a man on horseback with a buffalo in front of him that has just been speared; a Native-American female in between the heads of a male figure in profile on her proper right side and a Native American male in profile on her proper left side. Both male figures are holding an end of a peace pipe. From top to bottom, the north side depicts: a naked, male dam worker in profile. The figure is in the proper left corner operating machinery while a thunderstorm rages in the upper proper right corner; a naked male in profile on the proper right side at the helm of a boat navigating towards a setting or rising sun; a male in profile at the proper left side harvesting wheat while water sprays curve in the background; a 3/4 profile of a standing male with his proper right arm upraised before a water storage facility; and a naked, muscular male flexing his biceps while standing between two turbines."

TITLE: Hoover Dam Elevator Tower Reliefs ARTIST(S): Oskar Hansen DATE: 1935 MEDIUM: Sculpture: concrete; Base: concrete. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NV000008 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Hoover Dam Access Road DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: no differences noticed.

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