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Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Figure female -- Child
Animal -- Fish
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Terre Haute
Fountain
Sculpture
Call of the Sea, (sculpture).
Artist:
Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney, 1880-1980, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Call of the Sea, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Young Lady Riding a Fish, (sculpture).
Dates:
1924.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. 7 in. x 19 in. x 29 in.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 in. x 21 in. x 19 in.
Inscription:
(On proper left, rear:) (copyright symbol)/ HARRIET.W.FRISHMUTH/1924 (On proper left, rear:) THE GORHAM CO FOUNDERS signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length bronze figure of a nude girl riding a large fish. Her knees are bent. Her proper left arm is raised; her proper right hand holds the fish' upper lip. The sculpture sits on a bronze triangular base.
Subject:
Figure female -- Child -- Nude
Animal -- Fish
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Terre Haute
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Art Department, 5500 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803
Located Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, North of tennis courts, Terre Haute, Indiana
Remarks:
Fish has a spout in its mouth and may have served as a fountain at one time.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS IN000627
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