Nina Saemundsson's statue of "Prometheus Bringing Fire" in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, 1937

Title: Nina Saemundsson's statue of "Prometheus Bringing Fire" in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created: [circa June 1937]
Date: 1937-06
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: The statue of Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth in Los Angeles' downtown Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park).
Icelandic sculptor Nina Saemundsson crafted the statue in 1935 under Los Angeles' City Parks board's Public Works of Art Project. Saemundssen also sculpted a statue of Leif Erikson for Los Angeles' Griffith Park.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Art - Statues - "Prometheus" (in Westlake Park)

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Saemundsson, Nina, 1892 - 1965
Public Works of Art Project (U.S.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Landmarks
Arts

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz00288r8r
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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