Image: Peace by Benny Bufano
Description: Peace by Benny Bufano — at Parkmerced, San Francisco, California. Medium Sculpture: granite, tile, stainless steel; Base: concrete. Dimensions Sculpture: approx. H. 26 1/2 ft. x Diam. 10 ft. Inscription On lower portion of sculpture: PEACE/BY/Beniamino Bufano On lowest granite base: Presented to the Citizens of San Francisco by the San Francisco Chronicle/Dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man and the Ideal of Peace Among all the Peoples of the World On back of lower granite base: Dedicated April 19, 1958/George Christopher, Mayor (unsigned) Description Abstract bullet-shaped female figure. The figure's face is carved in relief from black granite. The front of the figure's gown is covered with a ceramic tile mosaic. The mosaic depicts a full-length child with four eyes wearing a long white gown. The child's palms are turned out. The stainless steel sculpture stands on a circular black granite base which in turn rests on a round Sierra white granite base.
Title: Peace by Benny Bufano
Credit: http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!341912~!0#focus
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