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

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Title: Nina Saemundsson's statue of "Prometheus Bringing Fire" in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa June 1937]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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.
The statue of Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth in Los Angeles' downtown Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park).
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Art - Statues - "Prometheus" (in Westlake Park)
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_14953-00
ark:/21198/zz00288r8r
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Arts
Landmarks
Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Saemundsson, Nina, 1892 - 1965
Public Works of Art Project (U.S.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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