On lower portion of sculpture: PEACE/BY/Beniamino Bufano
On lowest granite base: Presented to the Citizens of San Francisco by the San Francisco Chronicle/Dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man and the Ideal of Peace Among all the Peoples of the World
On back of lower granite base: Dedicated April 19, 1958/George Christopher, Mayor (unsigned)
Description
Abstract bullet-shaped female figure. The figure's face is carved in relief from black granite. The front of the figure's gown is covered with a ceramic tile mosaic. The mosaic depicts a full-length child with four eyes wearing a long white gown. The child's palms are turned out. The stainless steel sculpture stands on a circular black granite base which in turn rests on a round Sierra white granite base.
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