Sæmundsson, "Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth," MacArthur Park – Los Angeles CA
Project type: Sculpture and Bas Relief, Art Works
Agency: Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)
Completed: 1934
Artists: Nina Saemundsson
Quality of Information: Good
Marked:
Unknown
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Icelandic sculptor Nina Saemundsson sculpted an eight-foot black cement nude of Prometheus for the Federal Arts Project (FAP). The sculpture, “Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth” (1934), is located at the eastern Wilshire Boulevard entrance to MacArthur Park.
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Saemundsson working on "Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth" – Los Angeles CA
Source notes
David Kipen (ed.), Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2011), 159.
Project originally submitted by Natalie McDonald on January 19, 2023.
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