Object Details
- Artist
- Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925
- Luce Center Label
- The full-length statues Philosophy and Poetry stand above the grand entrance of the New York Public Library. Paul Wayland Bartlett modeled six heroic figures for this commission---History and Philosophy, Romance and Religion, Poetry and Drama---to symbolize the different fields of knowledge represented in the library. These tall sculptures, designed to sit on a one-foot-wide shelf far above ground level, were carved in high relief to exaggerate the features of the figures.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III
- ca. 1915
- Object number
- 1958.11.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 27 3/4 x 22 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (70.5 x 57.6 x 28.2 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 20A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Dress\historic\classical dress
- Study\sculpture model
- Figure female\bust
- Allegory\arts and sciences\poetry
- Architecture Exterior\civic\New York Public Library
- Record ID
- saam_1958.11.14
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7eab55077-8804-486b-9eb0-1e688c8dfe85
