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 Poetry, Painting, Sculpture - Berkeley, California Posted by:  DougK
N 37° 52.089 W 122° 16.273
10S E 564100 N 4191436
Poetry, Painting, Sculpture is an 18-feet tall, 6-feet wide, relief sculpture, located on the right side of the courtyard entrance to the Berkeley Community Theater.
Waymark Code: WMKRZZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2014
Views: 1
This relief sculpture has three words inscribed in the art work - horizontally, at the top left is “POETRY”; vertically, at the lewer left is “PAINTING”; and vertically, at left center is “SCULPTURE”.
From the Smithsonian AIC Description:
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.
From the Smithsonian AIC Remarks:
Gutterson and Corlett designed the Community Theater building, a Works Progress Administration project. Initial designs were drawn up in 1938 and construction began in the early 1940s. However, completion was delayed because of World War II, and the building was not completed until 1950.
TITLE: Poetry, Painting, Sculpture
ARTIST(S): sculptor: Robert Boardman Howard (1896-1983); architects: Henry Higby Gutterson (1884-1954), William Corlett, Sr.; architectural firm: Gutterson and Corlett
DATE: Designed 1939. 1940. Dedicated June 5, 1950
MEDIUM: Concrete, painted
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001021
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Berkeley Community Theater, south side,
Berkeley, California 94704
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted.
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