The Spirit of Spanish Music is a sculpture by Burt William Johnson. It was commissioned by the Pomona College class of 1915 and placed in the Lebus Court of the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music at Pom
The Spirit of Spanish Music in the Lebus Court of the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music. Pomona College, Claremont, California, US.
Burt W. Johnson, working in his studio in February, 1916 on the model for The Spirit of Spanish Music, in a snapshot inscribed for Pomona College Pres. Blaisdell and signed by the sculptor.
The sculpture and fountain after the 2015 restoration
Close-up of the sculpture
The Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music, more commonly known as Little Bridges, is a concert hall at Pomona College in Claremont, California, designed by Myron Hunt and opened in 1915. It was sponsored b
The Spirit of Spanish Music
…by Burt William Johnson (25 April 1890—27 March 1927). It was commissioned by the Pomona College class of 1915 and placed in the Lebus Court of the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College, one of a group of buildings conceived for the expansion of Pomona College and built in the mid-1910s by architect Myron Hunt using…
Little Bridges in 1916, shortly after completion
The main (north) entrance to Little Bridges