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    		• Roth, Frederick George Richard,
     
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    		• Camolli, Frank,
     
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    		• Stevens, John Calvin
     
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    		• Stevens, John Calvin, II,
     
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    		• McKim, Mead & White,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bear
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Brunswick
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Polar Bear, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Roth, Frederick George Richard, 1872-1944, sculptor.
    Camolli, Frank, carver.
    Stevens, John Calvin 1855-1940, landscape architect.
    Stevens, John Calvin, II, landscape architect.
    McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    The Polar Bear, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1937. Installed Nov. 5, 1938.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Westerly Rhode Island white granite; Base: Westerly Rhode Island white granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 88 1/2 x 38 x 70 in.; Base: approx. 32 x 48 1/2 x 80 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right side of sculpture:) F G R ROTH (On front of base:) GIFT OF/THE CLASS OF 1912/JUNE 1937 signed
    Description: 
    Polar bear standing with his two front legs on a rock. He is looking upward to the proper right side.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bear
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Brunswick
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Bowdoin College, Physical Plant, Brunswick, Maine 04011
    Located Bowdoin College, In front of Sargent Gymnasium, Brunswick, Maine 04011
    Remarks: 
    The Class of 1912 donated the polar bear sculpture to Bowdoin College as part of its 25th year reunion. The choice of the college's mascot, the polar bear, was especially important to this class because Admiral Robert E. Perry's final assault on the North Pole had occurred during their freshman year. Architect John Calvin Stevens, who worked with his son John Howard Stevens, and his grandson, John Calvin Stevens II, planned the undertaking in consultation with college architects McKim, Mead & White. Roth engaged Frank Camolli (of Westerly, Rhode Island), to block and carve the white granite. Roth's own illness and a strike of the quarry delayed installation of the Polar Bear for more than a year after the Class of 1912's 25th year reunion.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine 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 ME000021
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