- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- Frederick Law Olmstead Jr.
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
These 7’4″ x 4′ tufa stone busts of “Leonardo Da Vinci” and “Thomas Edison” were carved by Frederick E. Olmsted, great-nephew of famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, for the WPA exhibition “Art in Action” at the Treasure Island world’s fair. They are located on the exterior of the Science Hall.
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