Allegorical Panel: Industrial Arts - Berkeley, California
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N 37° 52.028 W 122° 16.322
10S E 564029 N 4191323
This large relief sculpture can be found on the south facing wall to the Shop & Sciences Building (Bldg H) at the Berkeley High School.
Waymark Code: WMKRZQ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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The relief is about 20-feet wide and 10-feet tall. From the Smithsonian AIC Description:
A bas-relief of five male figures working in an industrial arts machine shop using a variety of shop equipment. Four of the figures are standing and one is kneeling.
TITLE: Allegorical Panel: Industrial Arts

ARTIST(S): sculptor: Lulu Hawkins Braghetta (1901- ); architects: Henry Higby Gutterson (1884-1954), William Corlett, Sr.; architectural firm: Gutterson and Corlett

DATE: 1939-1940

MEDIUM: Painted concrete

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000476

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Berkeley High School 2134 Martin Luther King Junior Way Shop Building (Building H), south side Berkeley, California 94704


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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