Administered by City of Oakland 1421 Washington Street, Room 409 Oakland California 94612
Located Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center 10 Tenth Street Oakland California
Date:
1913-1915
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On center panel:) CONSOLATION/OF THE ARTS (On proper left panel:) MUSIC (On proper right panel:) DRAMA
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Three large-scale glazed terra cotta relief panels set in a niche on the side of a building. At the top of the panel on left is a full-length nude male figure. He sits on a chair, his proper right elbow on his knee, his proper left arm raised high above his head. In his proper left hand he grasps the mask of comedy. At the bottom of the panel is a full-length nude female figure. She is crouching, her head and shoulders are draped with a scarf. In her proper right hand she holds the mask of tragedy.
In the center panel are three nude figures, two male and one female. On the proper right is a man, kneeling in profile on his proper right knee. His proper right arm is set against a pyramid with architectural detail which is in front of him. In his proper right hand he holds a pencil. Standing behind the pyramid is a man with his back turned. He is sculpting; he holds a hammer in his proper right hand and a chisel in his proper left hand. The sculpture he works on is behind the kneeling figure. In the right of the panel is a woman seated in proper right profile, her head turned to look out. In her proper right hand she holds a paintbrush, in her proper left hand she holds a palette.
The panel on the right depicts two musicians. At the top of the panel is a harpist seated, shown in profile. The harp is hand-held and rests between the figure's knees. At the bottom of the panel is a the figure of a nude male playing the cello. He is seated and holds the bridge of the cello against his proper left shoulder.
