Philosophy (bust of figure on front facade of New York Public Library), Smithsonian American Art Museum

Philosophy (bust of figure on front facade of New York Public Library)

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

Paul Wayland Bartlett

Creation Date: modeled ca. 1915
Type: Sculpture
Medium: bronze

Dimensions: 20 3/8 x 26 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (51.6 x 67.5 x 29.3 cm)

Object #: 1445
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=1445
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1958.11.15
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