(Poetry, Painting, Sculpture), (sculpture).

(Poetry, Painting, Sculpture), (sculpture).

Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983, sculptor.

Gutterson, Henry Higby, 1884-1954, architect.

Corlett, William, Sr., architect.

Gutterson and Corlett, architectural firm.

(Poetry, Painting, Sculpture), (sculpture).

Designed 1939. 1940. Dedicated June 5, 1950.

Digital Reference:

Concrete, painted.

Approx. H. 18 ft. x W. 6 ft.

(On top left of relief panel, raised lettering:) POETRY (Vertically down left side of relief panel, raised lettering:) PAINTING (Vertically down right side of relief panel, raised lettering:) SCULPTURE unsigned

A large, deeply carved bas-relief panel featuring a semi-nude male standing with his feet crossed at the ankles, proper right leg over proper left leg. With his proper left hand he leans against a block of stone and with his right hand he holds a scroll up to his face. His head is bent and he looks down at the scroll. Painter's tools, a palette and brushes, are in the lower left corner. Sculptor's tools, a mallet and a chisel, are in the lower right corner. The bottom of the panel is cut in a zig-zag pattern.

Figure male -- Full length

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Painting

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Poetry

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Sculpture

Object -- Art Tool -- Chisel

Object -- Art Tool -- Mallet

Object -- Art Tool -- Artist's Brush

Object -- Art Tool -- Palette

Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Berkeley

Architectural component

Berkeley Unified School District, Berkeley High School, 2134 Martin Luther King Junior Way, Community Theater, south side, Berkeley, California 94704

William Corlett. Sr. and Henry Higby Gutterson, of Gutterson and Corlett, were the architects of the Berkeley High School Community Theater building, a Works Progress Administration project. The theater was designed around 1939 and construction begun in late 1940, but stopped during World War II and resuming in 1949-1950. For related reading see Robert Bernhard's "Buildings of Berkeley, Phase II," Oakland, CA: Forest Hills Press, 1991. IAS files contain a City of Berkeley Landmark application for the Berkeley High School and the Community Theater.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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

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