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(Allegorical Panel: The Arts, the Sciences), (sculpture). Artist:  Braghetta, Lulu Hawkins, 1901- , sculptor. Gutterson, Henry Higby, 1884-1954, architect. Corlett, William, Sr., architect. Gutterson and Corlett, architectural firm. Title:  (Allegorical Panel: The Arts, the Sciences), (sculpture). Dates:  1939-1940. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 20 ft. Inscription:  (Flanking the head of the central figure:) CYBELE (Arranged vertically, on left side of bas-relief:) THE ARTS (Arranged vertically, on right side of bas-relief:) THE SCIENCES Description:  A bas-relief with three figures. The central figure is a full-length robed woman with arms outstretched to her sides. Her proper left hand holds an open book, and her proper right hand holds an oil lamp. Kneeling at her proper left side is a male figure holding a drafting compass in his proper left hand and a triangle and square in his proper right hand. Kneeling at the woman's proper right is a female figure holding a palette and two brushes in her proper right hand and a scroll in her proper left hand. The bas-relief is on an exterior wall over windows and an entryway. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences Mythology -- Classical -- Cybele Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Other -- Lantern Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device Object -- Art Tool -- Square Object -- Art Tool -- Triangle Object -- Art Tool -- Palette Object -- Art Tool -- Artist's Brush Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Berkeley Sculpture Owner:  Berkeley Unified School District, Berkeley High School, 2134 Martin Luther King Junior Way, Shop & Sciences Building, west side, Berkeley, California 94704 Remarks:  Gutterson and Corlett designed the building, which was completed in 1939/1940. Sculpture and building were projects of the Works Progress Administration. IAS file includes citation to Robert Bernhard's "Buildings of Berkley, Phase II," (Oakland, CA): Forest Hills Press, 1991. Berkeley Historical Society files include City of Berkeley Landmark application. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. 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 CA000473   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000473 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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