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Prometheus, Bringing Fire to the Earth, (sculpture). Artist:  Saemundsson, Nina, sculptor. Title:  Prometheus, Bringing Fire to the Earth, (sculpture). Dates:  1934-1935. Dedicated April 9, 1935. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast stone, painted; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 4 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. x 6 ft. Description:  A nude male figure, representing Prometheus, stands holding a torch is his upraised proper left hand. He originally held a round globe (now missing) in his proper right hand. He stands atop a base decorated with sun rays and lightning bolts. The sculpture is painted with a dark bronze metallic paint. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Prometheus Object -- Other -- Torch Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  The sculpture was made under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), with the City Park board providing a $250 appropriation, materials and the site. (Nearby plaque reads:) P.W.A.P. PROMETHEUS BY NINA SAEMUNDSSON DEDICATED APRIL 9, 1935. IAS files contain related articles from: Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1934, II-4; July 28, 1934; and March 24, 1935; and Hollywood Citizen-News, Aug. 11, 1934. IAS files also contain copy of City Municipal Art Department Inventory Form and excerpt from David Gebhard & Harriette Von Breton's "Los Angeles in the Thirties 1931-1941," Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., Los Angeles, 1989, pg. 218. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Wharton & Griswold Associates, Inc., 1996. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1976. 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 75000646   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75000646 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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