Lost for decades, bronze library sculpture turns up
Sept 25, 2019 23:42:27 GMT
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The phone call took John Szabo’s breath away.
An antique store owner in Arizona called the city librarian earlier this month to say he had in his possession a panel from the “Well of the Scribes,” a sculpture that had disappeared 50 years ago from the Central Library in Downtown LA.
As soon as Floyd Lillard sent photos, Szabo was convinced it was one of the missing pieces. But he had to see it for himself.
A few days later, he boarded a plane to Tucson, then drove two hours south to Bisbee, where Lillard was storing the hefty bronze sculpture, in an apartment above his antique store.
“I literally fell to the ground and threw my hands upon the bronze and was absolutely speechless,” Szabo says.
The phone call took John Szabo’s breath away.
An antique store owner in Arizona called the city librarian earlier this month to say he had in his possession a panel from the “Well of the Scribes,” a sculpture that had disappeared 50 years ago from the Central Library in Downtown LA.
As soon as Floyd Lillard sent photos, Szabo was convinced it was one of the missing pieces. But he had to see it for himself.
A few days later, he boarded a plane to Tucson, then drove two hours south to Bisbee, where Lillard was storing the hefty bronze sculpture, in an apartment above his antique store.
“I literally fell to the ground and threw my hands upon the bronze and was absolutely speechless,” Szabo says.