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Elephant, (sculpture). Artist:  Monumental Bronze Company, founder. Title:  Elephant, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast zinc, painted ; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 26 x 15 x 33 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 18 x 27 in. Inscription:  (On oval plaque on top of base:) BABY ELEPHANT/BORN IN BRIDGEPORT, CONN./THIS IS A CORRECT MODEL AND/IS ENDORSED BY MESSERS. BARNUM, BAILEY AND HUTCHINSON/PROPRIETORS OF THE LIVING ORIGINAL./CAST IN WHITE BRONZE ONLY/AT THE ART FOUNDRY OF THE MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY OF/BRIDGEPORT CONN. Founder's mark appears. Description:  A baby elephant standing on all four legs, its trunk curled under. The elephant rests on an integral base, which features flowers in relief around the elephant's feet. The sculpture sits on a concrete base. Subject:  Animal -- Elephant Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Marysville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Koester Foundation, 400 North 8th, Marysville, Kansas 66508 Located Koester House, 906 Elm Street, Marysville, Kansas Remarks:  The elephant is an advertising figure modeled after the baby elephant born in the Barnum and Baily Circus, Feb. 2, 1882, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This sculpture and others were purchased in the 1870s and 1880s by Marysville banker Charles F. Koester for his family home, where he developed a formal garden and an outdoor sculpture collection. The Koester House was listed on the National Historic Register in 1975. IAS files contain related article from Kansas (No. 1, 1985): pg. 5-6. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995. SOS Assessment Award, 1997. 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 KS000605   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000605 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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