Title	Art
Alternate Title	Literature, Science and Art Spandrel Group
Materials	Granite
Year Modeled	1895
Year Cast	1895
Year Cut	NA
Year Commissioned	1894
Size	84 in
Subject Keywords	Government, Group, Relief, Spandrel
Current Location(s) Granite – Front Entrance, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.. View Map Location with Google Maps
Provenance No previous locations known.
Original Cost to Produce	$1,800.00
2009 GDP Value	$43,000.00

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	Working model.	In place at the Library of Congress.
Image Credits Include: Cynthia Sam

Awards

• No awards for this work.

Exhibitions

• October 20 – 30, 1901: Yale Bicentennial Art Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
• December 1902: St. Botolph’s Club, Boston, MA.

Inscription

• None or unknown.

Notes

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Related Works

		Literature : Modeled 1894, Cast 1894
		Science : Modeled 1895, Cast 1895
		Literature, Science and Art : Modeled 1895, Cast 1895

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• Mr. Dela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dead, New York Herald (New York, NY), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (179 KB).
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• Taken By Death, Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (193 KB).
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• Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dies, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (815 KB).
• Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dies – Breakdown From Overwork Causes Death, The Boston Post (Boston, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (229 KB).
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• Bela Lyon Pratt Noted Sculptor, Dies At Boston Home, The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (646 KB).
• D. L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dies – American Stricken While At Work On Statue Of Alexander Hamilton, The New York Times (New York, NY), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (150 KB).
• B. L. Pratt, Sculptor, The Philadelphia Press (Philadelphia, PA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (134 KB).
• Bela L. Pratt Sculptor Dies – Designer Of Hawthorne Memorial For This City Succumbs To Overwork, The Salem News (Salem, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (203 KB).
• Bela Lyon Pratt, The Sun (New York, NY), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (211 KB).
• B. L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dead – Works Include Spandrel Figures In Congressional Library Here, The Washington Post (Washington, D. C.), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (186 KB).
• Bela L. Pratt, Noted American Sculptor, Stricken At Boston, Source Unknown, Saturday, May 19, 1917 (242 KB).
• Bela Lyon Pratt, Source Unknown, Saturday, May 19, 1917 (260 KB).
• Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dies, Washington Times (Washington, D. C.), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (125 KB).
• Bela Pratt – Citizen And Sculptor, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (1.64 MB).
• Death Of Bela L. Pratt – Noted American Sculptor, The Republican (Springfield, MA), Thursday, May 24, 1917 (560 KB).
• Bela L. Pratt, American Art News (New York, NY), Saturday, May 26, 1917 (302 KB).
• Bela Pratt As Artist And As Man Shown By Memorial Exhibition, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Sunday, November 4, 1917 (1.69 MB).
• The Fine Arts – Bela Pratt’s Sculpture, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, April 8, 1918 (1.15 MB).

Related Personal Letters

• From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 20, 1894
• From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), February 3, 1895
• From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 10, 1895
• From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 30, 1902

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