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Seal Girl, (sculpture). Artist:  Blai, Boris, 1893-1985, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Seal Girl, (sculpture). Dates:  1939. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze; Base; concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 42 x 57 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 22 x 22 x 22 in. Inscription:  Boris Blai (On bronze base of sculpture, below figure's proper right hand, incised lettering:) 1939 signed Description:  Beaux Arts style figure of a nude female lying on her proper right side, lifting her torso up on her extended arms. The sculpture is mounted upon a pedestal-like base. Subject:  Figure female -- Nude Figure female -- Full length Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Middletown Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Office of the Provost, 777 West Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Located Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Bertha & Boris Blai Sculpture Garden, behind Olmstead Building, Middletown, Pennsylvania Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Blai, Boris & Bertha, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania Remarks:  "Seal Girl" was made for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, but it is uncertain whether this is the original sculpture or a second casting. Sculpture was formerly in the artist's garden at his home in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. A nearby plaque reads: The/Bertha and Boris Blai/Sculpture Garden/Named on this day, September 13, 1994/to recognize the gifts from their daughters,/Dr. Ruth Leventhal and Dr. Anita Simon. For additional information see the Boris Blai papers at Temple University Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. 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 PA001044   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001044 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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