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    		• Sartorio, Aristide,
     
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    		• Wright, Henry,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Season
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Object -- Flower
     
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    		• Animal -- Rabbit
     
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    		• Object -- Foodstuff
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Object -- Fruit
     
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    		• Animal -- Goat
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Bowling Green
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Four Seasons, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Sartorio, Aristide, sculptor.
    Wright, Henry, 1878-1936, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    Four Seasons, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculptures: Carrara marble; Bases: travertine; Benches: travertine.
    Dimensions: 
    4 pieces. Fall and Winter: approx. 100 x 32 x 22 in.; Spring: approx. 94 x 32 x 48 in.; Summer: approx. 100 x 23 x 16 in.; Each base: approx. 16 x 32 x 24 in.; Each bench: approx. 16 x 27 1/2 in. x 16 in.
    Description: 
    Four sculptures of partially clad women representing the Four Seasons. Each holds an object raised above her head. Winter holds dead birds from the hunt; a dog is by her feet and cattails are nearby. Spring holds a bouquet of flowers. Rabbits are by her feet and sugar cane is nearby. Summer holds sunflowers, with alligators at her feet and vines encircling her. Fall holds grapevines and clusters of grapes. A ram is by her side. The four Art Nouveau-style figures stand upon bases with mortared bench extensions, all identically decorated with a flower or plant motif.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Season
    Figure group -- Female
    Animal -- Bird
    Animal -- Dog
    Object -- Foliage -- Cattail
    Object -- Flower -- Sunflower
    Animal -- Rabbit
    Object -- Foodstuff -- Sugar Cane
    Animal -- Reptile -- Alligator
    Object -- Fruit -- Grape
    Animal -- Goat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Bowling Green
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Western Kentucky University, Ogden Campus, Facilities Management, One Big Red Way, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
    Located Western Kentucky University, Italian Gardens, east of Snell Hall, close to Chestnut Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky
    Provenance: 
    Donated by Snell, C. Perry,
    Formerly located Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Ogden Campus, Italian Gardens, east of Snell Hall, close to Chestnut Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky
    Remarks: 
    The sculptures were donated by C. Perry Snell, and are part of the Perry Snell Collection. Snell was a former Bowling Green resident, and presented the sculptures to the Western Kentucky State Teachers College and Ogden College (predecessors of Western Kentucky University), the latter of which he was a student. The sculptures were shown at the Turin Exposition 1900-1901. The Board of Regents approved the installation of the sculptures on November 16, 1929, and landscape architect Henry W. Wright designed the Italian Gardens and sited the sculptures. IAS files contain related article from the Park City Daily News (Kentucky), March 31, 1931, Monthly Magazine section, pg. 6.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Park City Daily News (Kentucky), Monthly Magazine sect., March 31, 1931, pg. 6.
    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 KY000249
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