(Literature and Printing), (sculpture).

(Literature and Printing), (sculpture).

Bridges, Georges, 1899-1976, sculptor.

Miller, Martin & Lewis, architectural firm.

(Literature and Printing), (sculpture).

Dedicated May 8, 1940.

Digital Reference:

2 reliefs. Each: approx. 64 x 53 x 10 in.

Bas-reliefs which represent Literature and Printing adorn the entrance of the Gorgas Library. Literature is a kneeling female figure with long hair. She is nude except for a skirt, and holds a quill in her proper right hand. She balances a book on her proper left knee. She faces the figure of Printing on the opposite side of the building. Printing is a nude, muscular male figure who kneels before a printing press. He holds the lever in his proper right hand rests his proper left arm on a stack of books.

Figure group -- Nude

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Printing

Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Tuscaloosa

Architectural component

Administered by University of Alabama, Maintenance Department, Maintenance Complex, P. O. Box 870294, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401

Located University of Alabama, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Control Number:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

Powered by SirsiDynix

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact

SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System