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Lentelli, Leo,
Kelham, George W.,
Figure -- Full length
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Civic
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
(Five Symbolic Figures), (sculpture).
Artist:
Lentelli, Leo, 1879-1961, sculptor.
Kelham, George W., 1871-1936, architect.
Title:
(Five Symbolic Figures), (sculpture).
Dates:
1915-1917.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Cast concrete, crushed green rock.
Dimensions:
5 units. Heroic.
Description:
Five heroic full-length figures stand between columns on the front facade of a building. The figures represent Art, Literature, Philosophy, Science and Law. The sculptures are of cast stone.
Subject:
Figure -- Full length
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Philosophy
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science
Allegory -- Civic -- Law
Object Type:
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Public Library, 200 Larkin, San Francisco, California 94102
Located San Francisco Public Library, 200 Larkin, San Francisco, California
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by the Library Commissioners and Architect upon the building of the library between 1915 and 1917. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Martin Snipper's "A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco", Art Commission, City and County of San Francisco, 1953.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
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 CA001738
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001738
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