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    		• Figure female -- Nude
     
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    		• Animal -- Fish
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Elkins Park
     
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    Rhythm of the Sea, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Blai, Boris, 1893-1985, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Rhythm of the Sea, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1940. Dedicated May 3, 1981.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 13 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, on front and proper right side:) BORIS BLAI 1940 (Base, on front plaque:) "Rhythm of the Sea"/by Boris Blai/Founder and Dean/1936-1960/Tyler School of Art/Presented by Tyler Alumni Assn. May 3, 1981 signed
    Description: 
    A large fish, possibly a dolphin, with a nude female figure balanced on its head. The body of the fish is curled as if the fish is jumping out of the water. It has a fin on each side and it balances itself on its tail which rests on a polished marble base installed in the middle of a fountain basin. Water pipes are located in the mouth and fins of the fish. The female figure is positioned vertically with the proper left side of her torso resting on the head of the fish. Her legs extend up in the air with her proper right leg straight up and her proper left leg bent at the knee. Her proper left foot rests against her proper right knee. Her proper left arm is wrapped around the underside of the fish and her proper right arm is resting on the back of fish. Her head is turned and she looks over her proper right shoulder towards the sky. The fountain basin is in the shape of a quatrefoil (a four-petaled-flower shape).
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Figure female -- Nude
    Animal -- Fish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Elkins Park
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    On Loan to Tyler School of Art, Beech & Penrose avenues, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
    Lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 Accession Number: 40-25-1
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art anonymously through George F. Tyler.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 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 76008984
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