Berkeley Unified School District Berkeley High School 2134 Martin Luther King Junior Way Shop & Sciences Building, west side Berkeley California 94704
Date:
1939-1940
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Flanking the head of the central figure:) CYBELE (Arranged vertically, on left side of bas-relief:) THE ARTS (Arranged vertically, on right side of bas-relief:) THE SCIENCES
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Summary:
A bas-relief with three figures. The central figure is a full-length robed woman with arms outstretched to her sides. Her proper left hand holds an open book, and her proper right hand holds an oil lamp. Kneeling at her proper left side is a male figure holding a drafting compass in his proper left hand and a triangle and square in his proper right hand. Kneeling at the woman's proper right is a female figure holding a palette and two brushes in her proper right hand and a scroll in her proper left hand. The bas-relief is on an exterior wall over windows and an entryway.
