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Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt,
Coffin, Ray Cruger,
Kunst Foundry,
Mythology -- Classical
Object -- Weapon
Animal -- Dolphin
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ticonderoga
Fountain
Sculpture
Young Diana, (sculpture).
Artist:
Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt, 1876-1973, sculptor.
Coffin, Ray Cruger, landscape architect.
Kunst Foundry, founder.
Title:
Young Diana, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original cast 1923. Installed 1937.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete; Basin: fiberglass and brick.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 94.5 x 26.5 x 33 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 2 x 2 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 19 in. x W. 205 in. x L. 390 in.
Inscription:
(On back of leg:) A. H. HUNTINGTON signed
Description:
Full-length figure of Diana as an adolescent stands on a base within a rectangular basin. The figure is nude except for drapery across her pelvis and a quiver of arrows on her proper right hip. She holds a bow aloft in her proper left hand. Her proper right arm is pulled back as though she has just released an arrow. She stands on a base comprised of three intertwined dolphins.
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Diana
Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
Animal -- Dolphin
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
New
York
--
Ticonderoga
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Fort
Ticonderoga
Museum
, Box 390,
Ticonderoga
,
New
York
12883
Located
Fort
Ticonderoga
, King's Garden,
Ticonderoga
,
New
York
Remarks:
This cast was installed at
Fort
Ticonderoga
in 1937. The landscape architect was Ray Cruger Coffin. The original cast was commissioned by Mrs. John Hays Hammond for her "Lookout Hill" estate in Gloucester, Massachusetts. That cast was later acquired by the
Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston. IAS files contain excerpt from The Bulletin of the
Fort
Ticonderoga
Museum
, vol 4, no. 7, July 1938.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
New
York
survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Bulletin of the
Fort
Ticonderoga
Museum
4 (July 1938): frontpiece.
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 NY001274
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NY001274
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