Arts and Industries, (sculpture) - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 47.567 W 122° 24.278
10S E 552418 N 4182991
Called Arts and Industries, these two relief panels adorn the entrance to the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco at 600 California Street.
Waymark Code: WMW3T7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2017
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These two bronze plaques were originally the doors to a hand operated elevator. The doors, designed by Lee Oskar Lawrie in 1930-1931 were in the Education Building of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Capitol Park in Harrisburg.
The sculpture was one of six sets of elevator doors that the artist originally fabricated. This set of door panels remained there until 1972, when the building’s hand-operated elevators were replaced with automatic ones. From about 1980 to 1989, the doors were in a private collection in Virginia. They were installed at the new Federal Home Loan Bank in 1990.
Lee Oskar Lawrie (1877-1963) was born in Rixdorf, Germany, and came to the United States in 1882 as a young child, settling in Chicago. It was there, at the age of 14, that he began working for the sculptor Richard Henry Park.
Description:
Two polished bronze panels, formerly elevator doors, depicting the Arts & Sciences. Each door contains four rectangular reliefs, partially painted with a gray nickel metal paint. The allegorical reliefs on the left panel depict, from top to bottom: 1) Exploration, 2) Literature, 3) Architecture, and 4) Drama. The allegorical reliefs on the right panel depict, from top to bottom: 1) Religion, 2) Physical Labor, 3) Sculpture, and 4) Music. The two panels are inset on a stainless steel building sign and flanking a black granite center section with identification plaque.
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