Nina Saemundsson working on her statue of Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth in her studio, Los Angeles, 1934

Title: Nina Saemundsson working on her statue of Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth in her studio, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created: July 27, 1934
Date: 1934-07-27
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph was published with the article "Park Board Favors Art Production. P.W.A. Sculptor's Model Worthy of Permanency, Three Members Report." Los Angeles Times, 28 Jul. 1934: A1.
Nina Saemundsson's final bronze statue of Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth was sponsored by the Los Angeles' City Parks board's Public Works of Art Project and is located in MacArthur Park.
Sculptor Nina Saemundsson standing on a ladder as the works in her living room studio on the clay model for her monumental art deco statue of Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth. Her studio was located at 3557 Oak Glen Dr.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Saemundsson, Nina. Sculptor, 1934.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Public Works of Art Project (U.S.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.131997
Latitude: -118.356485
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Sculptors--Icelandic--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11496
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h9jjb
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Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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