Mexico (Ciudad de México, D.F.) - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Escultura de Prometeo en la Facultad de Ciencias (1954), photographed between 1960-1964

Item Overview

Title

Mexico (Ciudad de México, D.F.) - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Escultura de Prometeo en la Facultad de Ciencias (1954), photographed between 1960-1964

Photographer

Borcherdt, Donn

Date Created

between 1960-1964

Collection

Donn Borcherdt Collection

Notes

Description

Faculty of Sciences, Esplanade of Prometheus courtyard, with the sculpture titled El Prometeo Quetzalcoatl, by the Columbian sculptor Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt, completed in 1952. The sculpture is placed in a reflecting pool with animal head fountains.

Keywords

Genre

color photographs

Subjects

Fountains--Mexico--Mexico City
Sculpture--Mexico--Mexico City
Universities & colleges--Mexico--Mexico City
Reflecting pools--Mexico--Mexico City
Courtyards--Mexico--Mexico City

Names

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Arenas Betancourt, Rodrigo, 1919-

Location

Mexico City (Mexico)

Resource type

still image