The toes in yesterday's clue are on the allegorical sculpture of Science at the entrance to the Boston Public Library. It is the work of Boston sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt, who was a teacher at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. When his mentor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, could not complete the commissioned artwork for this area, Pratt was selected to create two statues representing Art and Science.
From the Boston Public Library's Collection here is Bella Pratt's reduced clay model for the work. I have not found any early photo showing that the lamps were ever installed.
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Words: Penny Cherubino
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