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La Sirene, (sculpture). Artist:  Puech, Denys, sculptor. C. Francini's Galleries, contractor. Title:  La Sirene, (sculpture). Dates:  1901. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 93 x 49 x 45 in.; Base: approx. H. 33 in. x Diam. 49 in. Inscription:  (Bottom rear of sculpture:) C. FRANCINI'S GALLERIES/NEW YORK/DENYS PUECH ("N" in Denys is written backwards)/PARIS 1901 (Front of base, raised:) LA SIRENE signed Description:  A siren bears an adolescent boy on her proper left shoulder as she swims through the waves. The siren has large wings spread and a fish's tail curling behind her. Her proper left arm holds the boy's proper left leg and her proper right hand holds the boy's proper left hand at the siren's neck. The boy's proper right hand supports himself on the siren's back. His proper right leg rest on the siren's chest while his proper left leg dangles just above the waves. The siren is nude and the boy wears a loincloth. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Siren Figure male -- Full length Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Falls Church Sculpture Owner:  National Memorial Park, 7400 Lee Highway, Falls Church, Virginia 22042 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Fletcher, Isaac D., until, 1917. Francini Galleries, New York, New York Mayflower Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  The sculpture was sold by the Francini Galleries in New York to the Mayflower Hotel in 1929, and the Mayflower sold the sculpture was sold Robert Marlowe of the National Memorial Park in 1957. Francini Galleries obtained the sculpture from the sale of the collection of Isaac D. Fletcher in 1917. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969. 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 VA000061   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000061 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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