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Photo Id# AAK-0317
Title [Sculptor Jacques Schnier working on the bas relief 'Dance of Life', Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island] [graphic]
GGIE.
Date 1939.
Description 1 photographic print : b&w. ; 20 x 24 cm. (7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Location Folder: S.F. Fairs-G.G.I.E.-Art-Dance of Life (Schnier).
Reproduction Rights Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Notes Written on back: "IMPRESSIVE TREASURE ISLAND SCULPTURE-Here is a part of heroic bas relief, the work of sculptor Jacques Schnier, which will be placed on one of the East Towers on Treausure Island, San Francisco Bay site of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. The massive sculpture named 'Dance of Life' and will occupy a space 80 feet long by 26 feet high. The enormous size of the bas relief, to be covered with gold leaf, can be appreciated by comparing the size of the figures to that of the sculptor. GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. 8-371"
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Subject Fairs -- California -- San Francisco.
Fairs -- G.G.I.E. -- Art -- Dance of Life (Schnier)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Series San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection