Lehi-Nephi Panel
by Fairbanks, Avard
Dated 1961
by Fairbanks, Avard
Dated 1961
Name: Fairbanks, Avard
Location: United States
State: Utah
Gender: Male
Figurative, Sculpture
Lehi, Nephi
brass plates, Liahona
Bas relief carved in pink Minnesota granite. Artist Statement; "This panel is a companion to the Mormon and Moroni panel, also erected by the side of the main entrance to the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Similar to the companion piece, the trees and the lettering are conventionalized to correspond to the style of ancient Central American decorative design.” This panel illustrates Lehi and his son Nephi, and also depicting a compass (known as Liahona), which would guide them from Jerusalem and the wilderness, to the Americas, the promised land."
BYU Harold B Lee Library, Level 3, Central Lobby, Northeast Study Area