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The Muse, (sculpture). Artist:  Ahmad, Sufi, sculptor. Title:  The Muse, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Dedicated Oct. 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze, with antiquing; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 55 x 76 x 77 in.; Base: approx. 28 x 96 x 66 in. Inscription:  (Plaque on side of base:) THE MUSE/PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE/ALL AMERICAN CITY/BY/SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE/THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF/DR. JUSTIN EUGENE & MARY IMELDA ARATA/SUFI W. AHMAD, SCULPTOR/1986 unsigned Description:  A partially draped female, representing a muse, with long, wild hair sits with a lyre on her knee, which she holds with her proper right hand. Her proper left hand reaches out to a seated, half-draped male facing her on her proper left side, supporting himself with his proper left hand. In front of the muse sits a slightly draped male child, turned to the other male figure. All sit on a surface suggesting rocks. The sculpture is mounted on top of a rectangular base with a plaque on the side. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Muse Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne Sculpture Owner:  City of Fort Wayne, Parks Department, 705 East State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805 Located Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 South Calhoun Street, Next to Botanical Garden, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 Remarks:  Presented by Saint Francis College through Dr. Justin Eugene and Mary Imelda Arata. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. SOS Assessment Award, 1998. 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 IN000440   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000440 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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