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The next several images are of the "Zanetti Mural." It is a gift from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the artist is Jose Vela Zanetti of the Dominican Republic (he was born in Burgos, Spain). The mural, depicting man's eternal struggle for lasting peace, was painted in tempera directly on a canvas-covered wall about 60 feet long and 10 feet high on the third floor of the Conference Building. The mural begins with the destruction of a family and ends with its resurrection, showing first all the agony of modern warn (concentration camps, bombings, hunger), in the center a gigantic four-armed figure implanting the emblems of the UN, and finally justice, reconstruction, human rights, and lasting peace. It was dedicated in 1953. |