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Bufano, Beniamino,
Figure female -- Full length
Figure -- Child
Abstract
Allegory -- Civic
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Mosaic
Sculpture
Peace, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970, sculptor.
Title:
Peace, (sculpture).
Dates:
1939. Dedicated April 19, 1958.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: granite, tile, stainless steel; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 26 1/2 ft. x Diam. 10 ft.
Inscription:
(On lower portion of sculpture:) PEACE/BY/Beniamino Bufano (On lowest granite base:) Presented to the Citizens of San Francisco by the San Francisco Chronicle/Dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man and the Ideal of Peace Among all the Peoples of the World (On back of lower granite base:) Dedicated April 19, 1958/George Christopher, Mayor unsigned
Description:
Abstract bullet-shaped female figure. The figure's face is carved in relief from black granite. The front of the figure's gown is covered with a ceramic tile mosaic. The mosaic depicts a full-length child with four eyes wearing a long white gown. The child's palms are turned out. The stainless steel sculpture stands on a circular black granite base which in turn rests on a round Sierra white granite base.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Figure -- Child -- Full length
Abstract
Allegory -- Civic -- Peace
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Mosaic
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
Located Airport Roadway entrance from Highway 101, San Francisco, California
Remarks:
The sculpture was donated in 1957 to the citizens of San Francisco by the San Francisco Chronicle.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1994.
"San Francisco Civic Art Collection: a Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco", San Francisco: the Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 146.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS CA001773
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001773
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