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    		• Backlund, Erik Arvid,
     
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    		• Herman Bergman Fund.,
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Lagerlof, Selma
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Swedish
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Selma Lagerlof, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Backlund, Erik Arvid, 1895- , sculptor.
    Herman Bergman Fund., founder.
    Title: 
    Selma Lagerlof, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1954. Dedicated June 25, 1955.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 x 3 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 5 x 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On self base, rear:) Herman Bergman/FUD/Stockholm, Sweden (Incised on base, in English and Swedish:) SELMA LAGERLOF/MARBACKA/1858-1940/AUTHOR/DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER/QUEEN IN THE REALMS OF SAGA/DONATED BY THE HOME PROVINCE/THROUGH/FRYKSDALENS SOCIETY/VARMLAND IN SWEDEN/UNVEILED JUNE 25, 1955 unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Seated figure of Selma Lagerlof on a square base. The figure wears a long dress and a shawl and her hair is in a bun. Her legs are crossed and she holds a book in her lap and a pen in her proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female -- Lagerlof, Selma -- Full length
    Occupation -- Writer -- Novelist
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Ethnic -- Swedish
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
    Copy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
    Remarks: 
    Statue is a copy of one which stands on the Rottneros estate in Varmland Province, Sweden. It was commissioned by Major Svante Pahlson, president of the Fryksdalens Society of Varmland, who presented this replica to the Institute. Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940) was a Swedish author and educator who was the first female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909. IAS files include excerpts from the Swedish American Institute Bulletin, Winter, 1955-56.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul 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 MN000143
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