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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