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Bronze Maidens, (sculpture). Artist:  Amateis, Edmond, 1897-1981, sculptor. Title:  Bronze Maidens, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  3 figures. Left maiden: approx. H. 8 ft.; Center maiden: approx. H. 6 ft.; Right maiden: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. W. 20 in. D. 16 in. Description:  Three standing female figures with loose drapery and long flowing hair are installed separately against a lattice back drop. The figure on the left faces forward and holds a guitar in her proper left hand. Her proper right hand is at her hip. The center figure faces forward and holds a bird in the crook of her proper right arm. She holds up a piece of fruit with her proper left hand. The figure on the right faces forward and holds a scroll with her proper left hand at the bottom and her proper right hand at the top of the scroll. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Object -- Fruit Object -- Musical Instrument -- Guitar Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Animal -- Bird Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Phipps Conservatory, One Schenley Park, Brodine Garden greenhouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Mellon, R. B., Mrs., 6500 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through 1940. Remarks:  The three maidens were commissioned for Mrs. R. B. Mellon's Renaissance Garden at her home on Fifth Avenue, were installed in stone niches in a brick wall. After the house was demolished in 1940, the sculptures were later moved to the garden of Phipps Conservatory. References:  Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 186. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0201, 1989. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pgs. 240-241. 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 64480103   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64480103 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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