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.
- Title
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Poetry (bust of figure on front façade of New York Public Library
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Location
- Dimensions
- 27 3⁄4 x 22 5⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 in. (70.5 x 57.6 x 28.2 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bronze
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Allegory – arts and sciences – poetry
- Study – sculpture model
- Object Number
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1958.11.14
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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