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Sea Nymph, (sculpture). Artist:  Calder, Clivia, 1909- , sculptor. Title:  Sea Nymph, (sculpture). Dates:  1938. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: glazed ceramic and concrete; Base: concrete; Basin: terra cotta. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 34 x 45 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 30 x 16 in.; Basin: approx. H. 12 in. x W. 36 in. x L. 66 in. Description:  A fountain sculpture depicting a nude female nymph riding on the back of a large fish. Her feet wrapped around the fish's tail and her proper left hand is placed on the fish's mouth. Beneath the fish is a spray of waves adorned with fountain spouts. The glaze on the fountain sculpture is a mottled aqua-green color. The sculpture is mounted on a low base in the center of a small rectangular basin. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Nymph Animal -- Fish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Michigan, Physical Properties Building, 326 East Hoover, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Located University of Michigan, Michigan League Building, inner garden, Ann Arbor, Michigan Remarks:  The fountain was created under the Federal Art Program of the Works Progress Administration. The inscription on a plaque located on the wall behind fountain reads: SEA NYMPH/by Clivia Calder Executed 1938/UNDER THE FEDERAL ART PROGRAM OF THE W.P.A. The inscription on another plaque below it reads: FOUNTAIN RESTORED 1988/IN MEMORY OF/PATRICIA KAROL NORTON MORE/A.B. U OF M 1958/MICHIGAN LEAGUE BOARD OF GOVERNORS 1977-1983. For additional information see: Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 51: pg. 144-145. IAS files contain an unpublished excerpt from Einar Kvaran's "Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County," 1989. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000524   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000524 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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