Sculpture: silverdale stone; Base: stone and brick
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Architectural component
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
City of Beatrice Board of Public Works 205 North 4th Street Beatrice Municipal Auditorium Beatrice Nebraska 68310
Date:
1939. Dedicated 1940
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994.
Summary:
Architectural sculpture relief is divided into three panels and installed over the entrance to the Beatrice Municipal Auditorium. The center panel features a Mother Nature figure with a child on either side of her holding gardening tools. She wears a crown of sun's rays which illuminate the other panels. Below her are three sheaves of wheat. Figures on either side, three male and one female are engaged in various acts of farming and harvesting. The female figure is churning butter. The lower portions of the panels have decorative floral and cornucopia motifs.
