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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Kimballton
     
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    Little Mermaid, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Olsen, Robert, sculptor.
    Walters, Richard, sculptor.
    Eriksen, Edvard, sculptor. (copy after)
    Title: 
    Little Mermaid, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Dan Lille Harfrve, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1971-1976. Installed 1977/1978. Dedicated June 3, 1978.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Gold Cast Bronze fiberglass, painted gold; Base: granite; Pedestal: concrete; Basin: concrete and brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 3 1/2 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 4 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of the Little Mermaid is seated on a natural boulder which is installed in a two-tiered round basin. The figure is nude with long hair pulled back and wears a sorrowful expression. Water sprays in single streams from the edges of both pools.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Andersen -- Little Mermaid
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Kimballton
    Fountain
    Copy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Kimballton, Office of the City Clerk, 206 North Main, Kimballton, Iowa 51543
    Located Kimballton City Park, Main Street, Kimballton, Iowa
    Provenance: 
    Purchased from Olsen, Robert, Modesto, California 1976.
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture is a replica of the "Little Mermaid," by Edvard Eriksen, installed in Copenhagen in 1913 in honor of the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Harfrve began the sculpture in 1971 as a school project, casting the figure in concrete originally. He sold it to the Kimballton Progressive Danes in 1976. The site was purchased with funds donated by citizens and with matching funds from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, United States Department of the Interior, in the amount of $2,950. IAS files include brochures from the City of Kimballton and a booklet entitled "The Little Mermaid," by Judy Sutcliffe and the Kimballton Progressive Danes.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1996.
    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 IA000244
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