CLUE: For this edition’s Mystery Photo, we won’t ask you the name of this art work, but try to figure out where it is located. Send your idea to elliott@brack.net and be sure to tell us where you live.
Only three persons recognized the last Mystery Photo. May be, just may be, last edition’s Mystery Photo was too close to home.
Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill wrote: “OK, that statue threw me because we’ve been having so many out-of-town mystery photos lately, I automatically expected it to be elsewhere. But it’s right here in Atlanta. This is one of those running/leaping women in front of the Sun Trust bank downtown.” She’s right.
Joseph Hopkins of Norcross also recognized the statuary. He wrote: “This statue is one of two dancers in front of the SunTrust Plaza in downtown Atlanta. I worked in the building when they were placed there. It was around the time of the Olympics and I think there was some connection. I recall the statues had a name but after 20 years, I have forgotten it.”
Karen Harris of Stone Mountain not only recognized the statue, but said: “Conceived and designed by John Portman, this group, called the Ballet Olympia, was adapted from Paul Manship’s bronze figure 1953) as a tribute to this renowned American sculpture.”
Cindy Adams of Lilburn, who works in the building, suggested the photo. It’s statuary in front of One Peachtree Center, only one of the two 32-foot playful nude women in front of the building. Architect John Portman designed and installed “Ballet Olympia” as a tribute to Paul Manship, who created the famous “Prometheus” sculpture outside Rockefeller Center in New York. At first, there was criticism, especially from feminists, but now most people have gotten used to it, and the sculptures are often the subject of photographs.
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