Missing since 1969, a portion of the Los Angeles Central Library's bronze Well of the Scribes has been found in Bisbee, Ariz. But two pieces are still missing.
The origin of the library fire remains a mystery. But a passage in Orlean’s book about the Well of the Scribes — “the most significant” of the garden sculptures that disappeared during the west lawn renovation — intrigued Alta magazine managing editor Blaise Zerega. He asked reporter Brandon R. Reynolds to investigate the bronze basin’s fate; the result was a JulyFloyd Lillard, an antiques dealer in Arizona, happened upon the article while researching a mysterious piece he had bought years ago.
Conceived by Bertram Goodhue and Hartley Burr Alexander and sculpted by Lee Lawrie, the Well of the Scribes is a large bronze basin constructed around 1926. It has three panels depicting Pegasus bearing a torch and surrounded by writers from different cultures. The sculpture likely weighed more than 3,000 pounds.
The circumstances surrounding its disappearance are unknown. Szabo said the discovery has given him hope that the other two pieces might one day be found.
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