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    Lady Slipper, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Papashvily, George, 1898-1978, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Lady Slipper, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1955.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Porphyry.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 18 in. x 5 in.; Base: approx. 3 1/2 x 15 x 9 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A small stone stele carved with an image of a lady slipper flower on both sides. On one side, a bird is seen extracting the nectar from the center of the flower.
    Subject: 
    Object -- Flower -- Lady Slipper
    Animal -- Bird
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, 500 Museum Road, West of planetarium, Reading, Pennsylvania 19611 Accession Number: 78C-112-1
    References: 
    The Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Reading, PA: Reading Public Museum & Art Gallery, 1986.
    Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Reading, PA: Reading Public Museum & Art Gallery, 1986, pg. 132.
    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 46600062
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