Literature East and West (two bas reliefs), (sculpture)

Object Details

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.; San Diego Historical Society, 1988.; Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego survey, 1994.; Image on file.; San Diego Union, Aug. 16, 1953, sect. E.; 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.
Summary: One panel represents ancient Mediterranean cultures--a Sumerian with a cuneiform tablet, an Egyptian with a papyrus scroll, and a Greek man playing a lyre. The other panel represents the ancient Asian cultures with a Chinese man with a scroll, a Persian man with a harp, and an Indian with a bamboo-leaf book. At the bottom of each panel is a modern youth with a book. In the upper corners of each panel are symbols of the solar system.

1952-1953. Installed 1953

Owner/Location: San Diego Public Library 820 E Street San Diego California 92101

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums