Phoenix - San Francisco, CA
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DougK
N 37° 46.767 W 122° 30.131
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Phoenix is a fired clay sculpture of an eagle like bird, that was commissioned for the San Francisco Fire Department.
Waymark Code: WMEEQ0
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2012
Views: 5
This beautiful sculpture is mounted on a wall the surrounds
SFFD Station 34 in San Francisco. The Phoenix symbolizes rising from the ashes. This Phoenix is carrying a fire axe in its right talons and a fire hose in its left talons. Small flames burn beneath the Phoenix. The sculpture is set on an wall of bricks, each with the word "Life" or "Ashes" on it. A plaque on the wall to he right of the sculpture reads:
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Lenda Anders Barth
American, Born 1946
PHOENIX
1997
Fired Clay, Fired Metallic Slips
The mythical phoenix is a symbol of regeneration
and appears on the Seal of the City of San Francisco
Collection of the City and County of San Francisco
Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission
for the San Francisco Fire Department
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1997
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
499 41st Avenue
San Francisco, California USA
94121
Sculptors Name: Lenda Anders Barth
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