Artist:
Address:
3223 Donald Douglas Loop South, Santa Monica, CA 90405. (click to view)
Size:
N/A
Medium:
Fresco
Date:
1935
Type:
Indoor
Cultural
Description / Interpretation:
Originally 38 panels of this mural covering 2,000 square feet filled all four walls in the main reading room of the Santa Monica Public Library. When the library building was demolished in 1974, the entire art work was placed in storage in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Currently, only this one lunette is on display locally. In it the widespread dissemination of knowledge is represented by the meeting of land and sea caravans from different parts of the world. Present are Mongols, Chinese, Persians, Egyptians, and Arabians. Sponsored and Commissioned by PWAP and FERA. Photo: © Robin Dunitz