{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"242"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"Copyright for this work is under review."},"thesconceptsTechnique":{"label":"Technique","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20167"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Peter Socolof"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1965"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1987    10    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1987.10.1"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Mixed media includes wood, glass, foil, copper foil, steel, composite material, shells and fabric flowers"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on wood, mixed media, and glass top"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/21422/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"21422"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/21423/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"21423"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Table"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","There has been much written about the work of Simon Rodia, notably the towers that he constructed in Watts section of Los Angeles. Watts Towers were the result of a determinedly single-mined venture and have been show to be closely inspired by and related to the \"giglio\" tradition of southern Italy. The only other objects that are definitly identified as by Rodia are some planters that were made for his sister and almost all of those still existing belong to the family still. One planter is owned by the city of Los Angeles. Rosen has also heard of a birthbath and fireplace embellished by Rodia, but has never seen them. Ceramic and found object covered pieces sometimes appear, but, according to Rosen, do not exhibit the same care that was lavished on the towers and are difficult to definitely ascribe to Rodia. ( see letter from seymom Rosen)"]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152372"},"geographyState":{"value":"California"},"thesconceptsMaterials":{"label":"Materials","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20167"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"1077","content":"Simon Rodia"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Furniture/Furnishings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","There has been much written about the work of Simon Rodia, notably the towers that he constructed in Watts section of Los Angeles. Watts Towers were the result of a determinedly single-mined venture and have been show to be closely inspired by and related to the \"giglio\" tradition of southern Italy. The only other objects that are definitly identified as by Rodia are some planters that were made for his sister and almost all of those still existing belong to the family still. One planter is owned by the city of Los Angeles. Rosen has also heard of a birthbath and fireplace embellished by Rodia, but has never seen them. Ceramic and found object covered pieces sometimes appear, but, according to Rosen, do not exhibit the same care that was lavished on the towers and are difficult to definitely ascribe to Rodia. ( see letter from seymom Rosen)"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1900"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20167"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"20th Century"},"thesconceptsObjecttype":{"label":"Object Type","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster20167"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"29 × 35 1/2 × 29\""}}]}