- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Art Works, Marinas and Aquatic Parks, Mosaics
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)
- Artist:
- Sargent Johnson
Description
Sargent Johnson created this two part project “Sea Forms” for the WPA “comprised of a 30 feet long, 14 feet high greenish-gray slate facade titled, Sea Forms, that was placed over the main entrance to the Maritime Museum on Polk Street and a 125 feet long, 14 feet high glazed tile of green and white abstract patterns resembling sea forms that covered the stair wells to the promenade deck.”
The glazed tile mural is located at the north portico.
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